Common Mom

Let the GAMES begin! I must say that my family has been very lucky the past 18 months . . . not really an illness to speak of - not even a sniffle.

Alas, today, Princess changed all that. She had a fever when she came home from school yesterday - 101. She acted fine. You’d never know she was sick if you didn’t feel her head and see those bright red cheeks. She played, ate a ton for dinner, played some more, watched a movie, ate ice cream. No symptoms what-so-ever. That’s how she is - totally asymptomatic - she can have total strep and after like 4 days say she’s got a tickle in her throat. Sometimes I wish she’d feel and look more miserable - cuz by the time she complains and I notice symptoms, the doc thinks I’m crazy for waiting that long! But hey - if the kid looks and acts fine and says nothing, how are you supposed to know?

Anyway - Hubby took her to the doc today to get her checked out - we’re travelling a lot in the next week and a half. Turns out, she doesn’t have strep, which is what she usually has when she has those symptoms, or lack thereof. Instead, she has the “mystery virus” that’s going around. Apparently this mystery virus causes you to get blisters on your throat, and oftentimes adds croupe to the whole deal.

This should be a lot of fun with our upcoming travels! It is contageous since it’s a virus, and there’s nothing we can do about it. But doc did say that the contageousness is most likely over since she’s already developed the fever and all that jazz.

So I guess we’ll just keep her hydrated and rested and away from her brother and hope for the best!

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