Lily is Hot Hot Hot!

So as I mentioned in my previous post, Lily played hard all day on Thursday and didn't nap. So around 6pm when she just wanted to watch TV in the playroom I didn't think anything of it. She was tired! But she couldn't get comfortable in the playroom and wanted to watch TV in my bed. So I let her while I worked on the laptop. The next thing I know, she crawled in behind me, lodged in between my back and my pillows . . . and fell sound asleep!

There she is right over my shoulder! It was pretty cute, but it was also 6:30 at night and I didn't want her to fall asleep yet. Plus, grandpa was on his way over with the turtle! So I tried to wake her, and she just didn't budge . . . .

I even carried her downstairs . . .

It was about this time that I realized she was burning up and running a fever! That was Thursday night. As I write this on Sunday evening, we are still waiting for her fever to break. The highest it got was 104. We have spent the last few days watching TV, resting and playing in the shower and bath to bring down her temperature.

Thursday night and Friday naptime she got to sleep with me in our bed. She loved that!

She is SO cute when she sleeps!

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Saturday morning I decided to take her into the doctors to make sure it was just a virus (as is going around school). We are lucky that her pediatrician is open Saturday mornings for sick visits. I grabbed some comfy play clothes for her to wear, but even though she has been running a high fever for a day and a half, hadn't eaten much more than 5 saltines and a pancake in that time and didn't get much sleep either, she still had the energy to veto my outfit choice, pick a much cuter one and ask for her hair in a ponytail!

My little diva at the doctors. She is very happy to be at the doctors. She loves going there.

The doctor confirmed what I suspected. No strep throat, no bronchitis, no pneumonia, her ears looks good, lungs sound great -- just a random virus.

The hardest part of this illness is keeping her cool. She has had constant fever chills and wants to wear pants, jackets, and constantly be covered in blankets. I have to tell her no and she gets so upset. She doesn't understand and cries that she is "freezing". It sucks. Here she is trying to cover up with the throw pillows from the couch.

Assuming the position.

We have a forehead scanning thermometer -- so she knows this move very well by now!

She randomly asked for pigtails today. My cute little sicky!

It has been 72 hours now since her fever first broke out and we are still getting temps as high as 104. I hope this passes soon!!!