I woke up doing really poorly. My temperature was 103.4 and I was so lethargic. All I wanted to do was lay on Mom’s shoulder. I barely moved. Dad got a big bucket of ice-water and put freezing cold washcloths all over my body (two on my head and others on my neck, arms, legs, and back). The Motrin at 7:00 am helped, but I was still totally out of it. I had a doctor’s appointment at 10:45. Mom, Dad, and Nana all went with me and I could tell they were very concerned.
I didn’t have to wait at all when I got in and I saw Dr. Kazdin again. She took another flu test (came back negative) and checked out my ears (looking much better). Nana was asking a lot of questions and Dr. Kazdin and given how she answered the questions, she clearly didn’t realize that Nana was a pediatrician. Anyway toward the end of the examination, she looked in my throat and sure enough: puss!
YAY!!! Mom, Dad, and especially Nana were so happy to here the news: tonsillitis! Now, ordinarily kids don’t celebrate tonsillitis, but in this case, the cause of the fever had been identified. Turns out I just got very unlucky, getting an ear infection, beating it, then getting tonsillitis the day after. So, rather than having something scary that caused a 12-day fever, I had two little things back-to-back.
We haven’t shot any video in a while, so even though this isn’t great, I thought you’d like to see me:
The rest of the day was so much more relaxed. Nana stayed until 3:00 and basically I sat in her lap and read until my nap. Don’t forget that Mom’s still feeling terrible at this point, so Dad was on duty and Mom got some much deserved rest (except that her caugh made that really difficult.
A year ago I turned 100.
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