Lydia woke with a fever of about 103 yesterday morning. We stayed home from church, watched lots of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, and alternated Tylenol and ibuprofen all day long. When the meds were working, Lydia's fever would drop to the 99s. She went to bed like normal then woke up screaming around 11:15 just after we had turned out our light. Lydia had vomited in her bed and was cooking. Her forehead temperature ranged from 105.5 to 106.8 on multiple tries. I didn't like seeing those numbers so I took an axillary temp and still got a 104.5. No Mommy wants to see a fever that high! So, Lydia got to be our first child to make an ER visit. :( After 3 hours of waiting and testing for strep throat and a UTI, the doctor decided it was just a virus and sent us home. Oh, how I wished it was something we could have gotten some medicine for so that she could get better right away, but I guess we will wait it out. Thankfully, she slept well from 3am until 8:30ish. Her fever was down to 103 and went back to the 99s with ibuprofen. And, she was adamant about playing in the snow this morning. Let's pray this virus moves out quickly and no one else gets it!
Lots more Daniel Tiger was watched on Mommy's iPad while we waited
Lydia is one sweet girl - even when she has a 105 fever. The nurses were impressed with her politeness throughout our visit. Even when she was refusing ibuprofen from the nurse she kept saying, "No, thank you. No, thank you."
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