Yesterday my daughter came home from Madison’s house, saying Madison had gotten angry at her. About twenty minutes later I got a text from Madison’s mother saying she was sorry and just realized Madison had a fever, which explained why she’d been snappy earlier. She said hopefully we didn’t catch it—whatever “it” was.
Last night at three-ish in the morning my daughter came downstairs fresh from some nightmare about a bunny rabbit and a monster. Details were sketchy and after a bit I took her back upstairs. She was fine. Then, at 6:45AM she had a fever. It got worse during the day and for the first time in a long time that I can remember, she stayed in bed all day.
My son was fine all day and then at 4:30PM caught it too. They have fevers and feel terrible. My daughter just vomited after complaining about a n uncomfortable stomach for hours and the proceeded to eat a full meal.
They both just asked to go to bed, asking what to do if they felt like they were going to throw up (what considerate children we have). I suspect it’s going to be a long night. It seems a little early in the school year for such an intense bug.
The Big Boy Update: My son felt so bad today after school he didn’t even want to eat his favorite dinner, which must mean he feels very bad indeed.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: My daughter wanted to spend most of the day without a shirt on, saying that made her feel better. While my son can watch television, she can only do so via her iPad, what with the closeness she needs to see things. She couldn’t hold the iPad she was so tired. We brought down her stand in the hopes she’ll want to watch something on it tomorrow. The most worrisome thing is she was complaining about her vision, saying she couldn’t see and needed her glasses. She was dehydrated and squinting, which is hopefully what the main issue is. We made sure to give her extra doses of the steroid drops, which help with inflammation, because we just don’t need more eye damage at this point.
Something is Better Than Nothing: We walked two-and-a-half miles today in the hot end-of-summer sun and did a lot of talking during what was a long time for a short distance travelled in comparison to the running we normally have done.
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