TGIF!

Whew...we made it to the weekend, but some of us fared better than others here at the Lopez house. Poor little Sophia has felt out of sorts this past week, was increasingly cranky (we chalked it up to the terrible two's...although it was definitely some of that!) & had a case of the runny nose/sniffles in addition to a nasty little congestive cough. Ugh. Yesterday she had a low grade fever, but that didn't keep her down for long. However, this morning she a terribly high fever of 100.3. She was 'burnin' up' just like the Jonas Brothers song says (yes, I'm a fan. Probably the oldest one there is...whatever!). So I stripped her down to her diaper, pushed fluids into her & gave her a dose of grape tylenol. She was out within 20mins...poor baby. Slept another hour & then seemed to perk up as the fever subsided/lessened. As the tylenol's 4hr dose wore off, the fever cranked back up even higher to 101.6...I've never seen her little face the way it looked before...it was tragically pitiful. Luckily, Nana stopped by & brought me some lunch & most importantly a little 'happy' for the sick patient...a bright & happy 'get well soon' balloon! Sophia loved it & giggled at the smiley face or when she punched the balloon...almost immediately after, she went back to wanting to snuggle down in our bed. So I made the call to her pediatrician & set up the only appt they had available at 4:15. That doc office's parking lot was crammed! For the first time ever, we had to meander & sit in the 'sick' waiting room...I wanted to cringe. Luckily, also a first, we were in & out of the pediatrician's in ONE hour! Usually, we're literally stranded there for 2hrs or more...ugh. Dr. Simon is wonderful & looked Sophia over good & discovered a double ear infection. A sigh of relief as I knew that the treatment was an antibiotic (free at Publix!). The only other time she's ever had high fever, also resulted in an ear infection. So at least we knew what we were up against...& this explained so much. So, after picking up the meds & some juice at Publix, we came home to attempt to feed her a little something as a base for the meds...Mac & cheese. As I prepared it, she actually happily sat in her booster seat coloring! It's 8:15 & she's been konked out ever since 6:45! I had to wake her up from dozing to give her the last dose of Tylenol to help the fever! Fingers crossed she'll rest well tonight & with a 2nd dose of the antibiotic in the morning, hope that the infection & fever will begin to subside. It broke my heart all day to see her feel so ill...as mommies do, I catered to her every whim...& enjoyed for the first time since she was only a few weeks old...the chance to cuddle her while she napped! However, at 28 lbs, that was one heavy blanket of a baby on me!