Well, we have had another family week of illness. Monday, Patrick came down with the stomach bug that Drew and I had earlier. It's just no good! Then Tuesday morning, Drew woke up with a fever of 102.5. This isn't too high but unusual for him as even an ear infection usually gets about a 101. We went to the doctor and were reassured that nothing was systemically wrong (no ear infection, no chest congestion, etc.) and to watch the fever. Well...it progressively got worse. Tuesday night he hit 105 during the night, Wednesday he hovered at 102-103 all day. We thought we were out of the woods Wednesday night as he was down to 99, then Thursday morning he woke up at 105.9. Yeah...high... So back to the doctor we went for blood work and another system check. Everything came back ok and we agreed it was most likely some nasty virus (read: nothing we can do about it). So yesterday was another day of Tylenol and Motrin to keep the fever down. Our wonderful doctor called us 3 times after we saw her that morning just to make sure he wasn't getting worse throughout the day. Today he woke up at 102 and we were back at the doctor to recheck blood just to be sure. It still appears to be a virus and he has started getting a nasty rash all over him. The doctor says that we should be at the end of it as a rash usually comes as the fever ends. The good thing is that he has been sleeping like a champ over the past few days which seems to really help. He is a little dehydrated and not wanting to drink much but we're trying creative ways to help with that.
The greatest part about this all is that we are supposed to leave tomorrow morning for our family trip to the beach...yeah...not sure about that right now. As long has he has a fever he is contagious and can't be around Amelia, and I'm not going to subject him to a 7 hour car trip when he doesn't feel well. So we'll see how today goes and make a decision tonight on whether we'll leave in the morning, tomorrow afternoon, or wait until Sunday. Ahh the joys of a toddler!
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