Fever in the Morning, Fever All Through the Night

Well, I took BB to the doctor's office on Friday after work because her temp just wouldn't go away. Advil wasn't even really doing anything for her. The PA there ordered a urine test and some bloodwork, so I had to take the baby to the lab at the hospital. They had to attach a plastic baggie to her bottom to collect any urine she might pass. They try this before resorting to catheterization. We all went over to the hospital and up to the lab area where the tech and a helper came out, one to draw the blood, the other to help hold the arm still. I sat with Brigid on my lap, expecting the worse. Brigid sat there looking at the women. She looked from one to the other, up at me, back to the women. She was totally nonplussed by the whole thing. They drew three vials and she just sat there as though they were just a curiosity to her. The baggie caught some urine, so we had to put it in a sterile cup they gave us.

She was feverish all day yesterday and last night she was atomic. The advil must have helped overnight because when she woke up this morning, she was cool, but by mid afternoon, she was warm again and her fever was about 101. We were over at Michelle's house for a visit, and she crawled around and seemed to have a good time being active, but then she got cranky and I nursed her. She fell asleep and woke in a good mood, only to get cranky again not long after that. She didn't eat a good lunch; she ate almost nothing at dinner (except she did enjoy some Pirate Booty). I gave her some more advil before bed. The doctor's office called to report that there was nothing to report. Her tests came back negative for anything suspicious, so we're not sure what we're going to do. If she's still feverish tomorrow (Monday) we'll probably return to the doctor's office to see what they have to say, but I don't know what they'll say differntly tomorrow than they said Friday and today on the phone. In the meantime, Brigid acts pretty well for a while then gets cranky and sleepy, and then she perks up again, then gets draggy all over again. If it's viral, and it most certainly must be without any other signs of sickness, then there really isn't much they can do beyond treating the symptom. So we'll see how she is in the morning.

Margaret's dance after school Friday went well, she reported. She had a lot of fun with her friend, Logan, and he came over to the house after for a short visit before his mom came and picked him up. We think they had a good time; he said probably all of five words so there's no telling.