Single Parenting and Sick kids
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is away and naturally Katina has fallen ill. I called in "sick"
today letting them know I had to take Katina in to the doctors.
The doc's are concerned. Her fever at the office was 104F. That's
high for a child and boderline to seizures. SO, they took
bloodwork, they want a urine sample (try that with a preschooler, uh
huh). Katina was a real trouper for the bloodwork. She
didn't even cry or bat an eyelash, which frankly tells me how sick she
is. They are testing for West Nile virus, due to the mosquito
bites, and who knows what else. The unine sample is to eliminate
a bladder infection, motivated by her having had 2 accidents last week
at daycare. So now we're home again. I've given her some
tempra and need to get out to pick up some Advil for her. The
pediatrician recommended trading them off, and indicated if hte fever
doesn't come down today/tomorrow I'm to call the office.
Also I have to take her back in on Wednesday at 10"30 for a check
up. Thank goodness many of my fellow employees are parents as
well.
Katina is enmeshed in Inuyasha again, and won't eat or drink anything, so I'm heading for the freezies and going to make some Jello.
Wish me luck...
P.S. found out that our family doctor (that retired without telling us or even her peers) suffered from Huntington's disease, a terminal illness that strikes in middle age.
zagatto
is away and naturally Katina has fallen ill. I called in "sick"
today letting them know I had to take Katina in to the doctors.
The doc's are concerned. Her fever at the office was 104F. That's
high for a child and boderline to seizures. SO, they took
bloodwork, they want a urine sample (try that with a preschooler, uh
huh). Katina was a real trouper for the bloodwork. She
didn't even cry or bat an eyelash, which frankly tells me how sick she
is. They are testing for West Nile virus, due to the mosquito
bites, and who knows what else. The unine sample is to eliminate
a bladder infection, motivated by her having had 2 accidents last week
at daycare. So now we're home again. I've given her some
tempra and need to get out to pick up some Advil for her. The
pediatrician recommended trading them off, and indicated if hte fever
doesn't come down today/tomorrow I'm to call the office.
Also I have to take her back in on Wednesday at 10"30 for a check
up. Thank goodness many of my fellow employees are parents as
well.Katina is enmeshed in Inuyasha again, and won't eat or drink anything, so I'm heading for the freezies and going to make some Jello.
Wish me luck...
P.S. found out that our family doctor (that retired without telling us or even her peers) suffered from Huntington's disease, a terminal illness that strikes in middle age.
