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November 27, 2006
The Revolving "Ick"
Since the middle of October Alexis, Jamison and I have all had the revolving "Ick". One of us comes down with cold type symptoms, then another one gets it, then another, never actually fully recovering from the last visit from the "Ick" as I like to call it, before it revisits up again. Last week Jamison was back in the "Ick" column and I could tell Alexis wasn't far behind and the doctor says it's just a cold, nothing to be done, etc. etc. etc.
Last Wednesday morning Alexis woke up whiney. That's never a good sign and as the week wore on she continued to grow even more whiney. Usually when we have company, in this case Jamison's family was here for Thanksgiving, she'll chill out and just enjoy the attention she gets from everyone doting on her, but when she continued to whine I knew that the "Ick" was coming back to her, it was only a matter of time before it came back full force. And as it happens that "magic" day was Saturday and to add insult to injury I woke up feeling the effects of the "Ick" as well. Happy times folks let me tell you, happy times! It started with sneezing, then progressed into a runny nose and then was followed by a cough and yesterday I had trouble sitting upright, though I managed to do it all day.
Last night after putting Alexis to bed it became readily apparent that she was going to have to sleep with me so I could keep an eye on her. Her fever went up, though not high, but still troubling, and she was wheezy. So we gave her some "purple medicine" (Dimetapp) and some "pink medicine" (Children's Motrin) and she moved into my room and Jamison moved to the guest room. If I had been thinking clearly I would have had Jamison bring up Alexis' air mattress and let her sleep on that, but I didn't have that bright idea until this morning. Oh well.
Alexis slept fitfully through the night and early this morning when Jamison ventured back in to our room he found me on the edge of the mattress, with Alexis cuddled up to my back. Sadly we slept that way much of the night! But fortunately I feel much better this morning, other than being tired from sleeping on roughly 12 inches of mattress all night long and dealing with my fitful sleeper!
Alexis is still droopy. She's currently lying on the couch, covered up, watching Noggin. Alexis is not a sit still kind of kid, so that in and of itself speaks volumes. Her temperature is hovering in the 100 degree range. I called and made an appointment for her to see her pediatrician and will take her in at 2:20 this afternoon. Hopefully she'll take a nap between now and then. We'll see how the day goes.
And now I'm off to clean up the kitchen. It's horrendous! And note to my dear husband....Next time I'm sick, YOU clean up the kitchen! ;oP
I'll update later as to what the doctor says.
Posted by Dianne at November 27, 2006 9:32 AM
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