Roseola Can Bite My Ass

Since Monday afternoon, poor Bridget has had a fever. She woke up from her afternoon nap with a fever of 103.9. We immediately administered Motrin and snuggles. Tuesday morning she woke up with fever again. I called the pediatrician who called me back and said that it sounded like a virus since she had no other symptoms, most likely roseola. But the thing is, you can’t know for sure it’s roseola until the fever goes away and a rash appears. So we wait.

Today, I gave her Motrin around 8:30 and she went down for a nap. When she woke up the fever was down and it stayed down most of the day, but was back right before bed, although not as high. I’m hoping this is the end of it because good lord, this suuuuuuucks.

Bridget is a very independent kid. She is not a lap sitter. She is a constant ball of motion. But with a fever, she is a lump. She sleeps, she barely eats, she drinks water and juice, and she wants to sit in my lap and watch Elmo. We are now completely out of episodes of Sesame Street on the DVR. I had to go out today and buy her three Elmo DVDs. Because really she only likes Elmo and if an episode of Sesame Street doesn’t have enough Elmo in it, she points at the remote and says “Elmo?” like I need to cut the crap and get her the good stuff.

Not that I think the rash is going to be a bed of roses, but hopefully she’ll eat again and be back in motion again soon.

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