Esme seems to have a thing for getting fevers on holidays (her last one was on Christmas morning) because she spiked one on the 4th of July. I took her to a parade and was amazed at how content she was just sitting in her stroller and watching. Then afterwards we went to the playground and she just wanted to stand back and observe the other kids which seemed a little odd until I felt her burning up. I checked her temp when we got home and it was 102. I gave her some Tylenol and put her down for a nap and she woke up all better so we went to a friends house for a holiday barbecue. Unfortunately later that evening her fever came back and didn't stop for the next 48 hours. We gave her Tylenol and Motrin around the clock and the fever would always creep back up before the next dose. She'd wake in the middle of the night burning up too. It was so awful to watch cause she was miserable and wouldn't eat a thing. We were lucky if we got 10 Cheerios in her each day. Luckily she still wanted to drink her milk and some water.
Esme's been teething for the past few weeks but these fevers got up to 104 and I couldn't find anything wrong with her. She didn't have any cold symptoms and I checked her ears and lungs for infection but nothing. I took her into my office just to make sure I wasn't missing anything and she was clear. That was the day the fevers stopped, after 2 days straight. I kept expecting a rash afterwards, like roseola or hand-foot-mouth but that didn't come either. It was the strangest thing. I checked with her daycare and nothing was going around there. Now she's better and slowly picking up her appetite. She was even able to attend her friend Natalie's 2nd birthday party this weekend and was in good spirits.
4th of July wagon rides with Uncle Rex Barbecue dinner with Ethan, Ozzie, and Aunty Ang
Birthday party fun In the bounce house with mommy
Esme loved the slide She kept going up and down, again and again
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