Sick Baby

A couple of weekends ago Elise started feeling bad and running a fever.  On Monday morning she woke up and was running a temp of 102.  I texted my bosses and told them I'd be in later that morning because I needed to take Elise to the doctor.  After a minor verbal argument with the lady on the phone at the doctor's office, we were there waiting to be seen.  The nurse took her temperature and it was 103.1 in spite of the fact that I had given her Tylenol earlier to bring the fever down.  The nurse brought in a dose of Motrin for Elise to take to try to bring the fever down.  She just laid her head on my chest and tried to sleep.  Evidently they were concerned about her high temperature because the nurse came back in with wet rags and told me to put them on Elise's head and make sure to get her hair wet and take some of her clothes off.

Dr. Walsh came in a looked her.  She had severe double ear infections.  The doctor said that if those were her ears she'd be in a lot of pain.  We got the prescription and I took her home for Jason to keep her for the rest of the day.  She slept a lot.  Didn't eat much.  When I came home from work, I noticed that she had a few spots on her back.  I asked Jason what they were and he didn't think anything of it.  Then I lifted up her shirt and her whole torso was covered in them.  So, I drove up to the pharmacy so that I could have the pharmacist look at her to see if it was an allergic reaction.  From the time it took for us to drive to and from the pharmacy, Elise's face and legs were covered in the spots.

I called the doctor's office and got the answering service.  The nurse finally called me back.  I explained to her the situation and she said I shouldn't give Elise anymore of the antibiotic and a different one would have to be called in the following morning.  We just needed to give her Benadryll for the reaction and Tylenol for the fever.  It wasn't even 3 minutes later, the nurse called me back again and said that Dr. Walsh wanted to see Elise in her office first thing the next morning.

Jason and I took her back up there Tuesday morning.  Her fever had broke the night before.  I had gone into check on her when she was sleeping and she was covered in sweat and her hair was all wet.  I explained that to her doctor.  It turns out that she had Roseola.  It's a virus like baby Measles.  Dr. Walsh figured that she had the virus first which weakened her immune system and caused the double ear infections.  If she had been a younger baby she would have had to be hospitalized.

She stayed at home with Jason Monday through Thursday.  By Friday she was back to her cheery self and free of her rash.  It was a grueling week of running to and from downtown Amarillo and the pharmacy, working, and having a sick baby.