Oh, What a Ride!

Well, we have had an eventful weekend...Friday morning after breakfast Mary Fran told me she was tired. She was sitting on the couch "reading" a book, so I told her to just lay her head down as we had had a late night a few nights prior. When I went to get her out of playtime she was laying in the crib and had not touched her books (highly unusual) and looked as though she didn't feel good. I picked her up and quickly felt that she was all of a sudden very warm. Her temp was 102-103. I called to get an appointment as I thought she might have a UTI again like she did when she was 10 months old. She told me she felt good and that nothing hurt (we went from head to toe). The first appointment was at 3:10, so I gave her some Tylenol and she perked right up and seemed fine. As soon as the 4 hours was over, though, her fever spiked back up to 103-104. Eves stayed with Daddy at his office to do some "work" for him and off we went to Blue Ridge Peds. We saw the PA there and she was really great. They pricked MF's finger and her white blood cell count was slightly elevated (signalling a possible bacterial as opposed to viral infection) so they went on and did got some urine by catheterization to test for a UTI. Her urine came back clean and since she really didn't "look sick" we decided against a flu test. Ellen told me to keep her hydrated, keep her temp down with Tylenol, and look for other symptoms. She felt it might be roseola which is a childhood viral illness that presents with a high fever and an absence of other symptoms. The fever lasts for 3-5 days and then the child develops a rash once the fever breaks.
Well, Friday night MF's temp got to 104.8 right before bed. I let her sleep with a cup of water with instructions to drink it whenever she felt thirsty and/or woke up. The Tylenol brought her fever down to 101 by 10 when we went to bed which made me feel a little better. Saturday she was pretty much herself except for her fever. We stayed hunkered down this weekend and her fever finally broke today but we have yet to see a rash. Thankfully, she never had any febrile seizures and she is back to her playful, sassy self now. Mom was here this weekend which was a big help and Mary Fran surely loved seeing her MeMe!

On a lighter note, here is how I found Mary Fran earlier last week during playtime. She loves her books!
Saturday was Big Win's birthday. We got together up at Karen and Winston's house and had some wonderful food. Since mom was here, she volunteered to watch MF so that we could all celebrate with him. We had a wonderful time and got some great pictures of LeeAnne and Ward. LeeAnne is 3 months older than Ward and it's just great to see the two of them together.

LeeAnne says, "OK, I'm ready for my headshot!"

"Um, I think you have a stray hair back there. Let me get it for you."