I think my least favorite part of being a mommy is having a sick child. I know that getting sick is a normal and natural part of this "life" but it sure does make life harder. I hate to know that ella doesn't feel good. I do have to say that I do love the extra snuggles I get when she is sick!
On Friday night Kev and I went to dinner and then shopping around at the outlets. Kevin's parents wanted to watch ella so this was a good excuse for us to have a little time to ourselves. We ate at FATZ (what a terrible name for a restaurant) and left feeling...a little fat. Their poppy seed rolls with that cinnamon butter are sooooo yummy! We headed to the outlets for a little spring shopping! I tried this the other day but only made it to one store before ella was done....so I decided that this is what we should do on our date! We found some great deals on some PJ's for ella at the Children's Place outlet. I love their footed zipper pjs! We racked up because they had a sale on some of them for just 1.99! Can you believe that! They are normally like 3 for 25.00 so we stocked up on her size! I figure once she is potty training these will no longer be the best option ...but for now I couldn't pass up that sale! I also found a cute shirt at Banana Republic for 50% off. Oh course as soon as we left I realized I had an additional 20% coupon I'd received in the mail that I could have used at both stores! Oh well!
Back to my title! When we got home I thought ella felt warm and when I took her temp. sure enough 101. We did Tylenol and Motrin through the night and took her to Peds Plus on Sat. morning. (So much fun!) I wanted to go ahead and take her in and Kev thought we should wait it out a while. I have normally done pretty good about not rushing to the doc at the first sign of sickness....but she has had no other symptoms...no cough, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, or anything. I always worry about ears and throat...the parts I really can't check. So I convinced him that we should have her seen. By the time we got there her Tylenol had kicked in and she was literally bouncing off the walls while all the other poor kids were sitting looking so sick holding their blankies and sippy cups. We were chasing miss e all over the waiting area! After being checked...all areas of concern were fine and it appears to be yet another viral infection that will run its course. So still today we are fighting higher fevers and hoping that it will soon run its course.
All the while I am trying to keep things in perspective. While a sickness like this really seems like an inconvenience to our routine, ella's sleep, and our weekend plans I am thankful that it's just a fever. I have to remember that this is minor and we have so much to be thankful for. All the while, our sweet neighbors are dealing with a malignant brain tumor with their 7 year old. Please pray for them this weekend if you think of it. Forester will begin a very long 6 weeks tomorrow. He will have chemo and radiation 5 or 6 days a week for 6 weeks. This is going to be a really tough stretch for them. Please pray for him and his mommy and daddy. You can follow their blog from my sidebar. They are the Bradburns.
