Last Tuesday I got a call mid-day from Mike, "I think Mal has a fever. She feels like she's burning up." He took her temperature while I was on the phone with him and sure enough, 100.4 degrees. I spoke with Dr. Hirsch and he said we could give her Tylenol or Motrin (though Motrin works better with fevers) and if it doesn't go down within 24 hours to bring her in. It was close to the end of the work day, so I wrapped up my stuff and booked it out of there. Mommy just had to get home to the little princess. Of course it had to be the day I was working in Virginia, so I had at least an hour and a half long drive ahead of me.
I finally got home and surprisingly little miss wasn't fussy or crying, just tired. So we snuggled until it was her bedtime. It took about two days, but the fever was completely gone. Then her nose got all stuffy and yesterday she was just so out of sorts, screaming and crying, which is totally not like her at all, I decided we should take her to see Dr. Hirsch just to make sure she didn't have an ear infection or anything. She got checked out and everything is just fine. He said she had a little fluid around her eardrum which is normal when having the congestion, but no infection. Phew!! We made it through our first bout of baby sickness just fine (with just a small bit of worrying).
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