Sick Day

Monday I got our first ever call from day care saying that Riley had a fever and needed to be picked up.  I was already on my way so it was no big deal but this doozy of a virus hit her hard and fast.  Monday morning she was chipper and feeling great (which is rare Monday mornings because Riley is NOT a morning person and not a Monday person either).  I went into her classroom and she was laying on a cot in the corner, she barely lifted her head to great me, so NOT Riley.  I usually get plowed over by her running and jumping into my arms with her yelling "my mommy's here!" so I knew she was feeling pretty crummy.  Sign number 2, she didn't want to stop by the baby room to say hi to the babies her her infant teacher "Miss Karen" and she passed up the crackers on the way out.  By the time I got her home and bathed her fever was 102 and climbing.  Her teachers told me that they noticed her rubbing her ear after they noticed her fever so I pretty much knew we had an ear infection on our hands so I called the Dr on the way home.  Sign 3 she was in bad shape, she sat on my lap for over a 1/2 hour cuddling and watching a Tinkerbell movie, it was the sitting still for an extended period of time that was a give away, not the interest in Tinkerbell (she's a total girly girl these days).  So Tuesday morning I took her to the Dr and sure enough, ear infection, so much for tubes!  This one threw me off because there was no drainage like the ones in the past have had since the tubes.  Sign 4 she was in bad shape, when we got home from the Dr she went straight to the couch and fell asleep, she NEVER does that!  Sign 5 she was in bad shape, she was very clingy, needy, agreeable, and there were no "Riley do it's" in her vocabulary.

Asleep on the couch.  She never does this

Riley spent the majority of the day on the couch with no interest in her toys.  By Tuesday evening her fever spiked to a little over 104 and I freaked out and called the Dr, fortunately with the help of our friends Motrin and Tylenol she didn't really wake up throughout the night so we still got some sleep.  Wednesday Marc stayed home and Riley was on the mend but still had a fever so no day care on Thursday either. 

Thursday was fever free the whole day and Marc and I both needed to go to the office so Friday Riley was back to day care.  They said she was definitely not herself, very cranky and not very active but she didn't have a fever so they didn't call.  Poor kid got hit hard!  We seem to be on the mend now, though we had to postpone swim lessons a week thanks to the ear infection.  Hopefully we'll have the all clear to start next week!