Mystery Fever

Today Bridget napped for over three hours. I thought that was a bit odd but I welcomed the respite because I pulled my hamstring at the gym today. She cried out a few times but settled quickly and kept on sleeping.

When I went to get her, she was burning up. Her head, her arms, her stomach were all very hot to the touch. I took her temperature and was shocked to see that it was 102.8. And nothing else seemed to be wrong with her. She acted like she felt fine, chatting and walking around, demanding “shishies” which are goldfish crackers and “wawer” to drink. We gave her some Motrin and the fever started to go down. She was sleepy from the Motrin and sat in my lap for a good half hour to watch Elmo (thank god for DVR so that we can record Sesame Street and watch when Elmo is demanded) which is not like her to do.

By bedtime, her fever was down and she was sleepy still but went to bed with little crying.

I don’t know why this bothers me so much. It’s just a fever. And I’m glad she doesn’t seem to feel bad. But it worries me that I can’t seem to pinpoint the reason for the fever. At least if she had a cough or a stuffy nose, I could understand. She’s not pulling at her ears or anything but I know that doesn’t mean she couldn’t have an ear infection. I’m about to go check on her to see if her fever is back. I guess if she still has a fever tomorrow I’ll take her to the doctor.

Poor monkey. As nice as it is to have her sit quietly in my lap for a stretch of time, I know that it’s not really her.  Although I am secretly hoping she wakes up when I go up there in a minute, because I’ll get to hold her if she wakes up. And I love to hold her in the middle of the night when she’s all sleepy and limp and just wants to put her head on my shoulder and be rocked. Better than crack, that is.

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