Ah, shit, Sean. Fuckity. I'm vibing fever-breakage southward, but since I'm battling my own Matilda-induced throat gunk and general crappitude I'm not sure how effective my ~ma is at the moment. I am gonna pull together a small care package, though -- does S have any particular trashy magazines/novel genres/sudoku/crosswords/acrostics/knitty stuff/other mindless distractors she'd particularly like?
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Also -- damn, I can't believe how much I'm missing Matilda. Yesterday she fried me to little crispy bits with her sad red-eyed droopy sickness (though not sick enough to just lie around droopily -- she was sick but clingy and incessantly squirming and fidgeting; I was able to set her down for exactly one nap in the late afternoon, and the entire rest of the day and most of the night she was in my arms) and I couldn't wait for today to come so I could have a bit of breathing room.
And now that I'm at my desk at work like a grown-up, my arms are hungry and my lips keep reaching for the top of her head and her hands and the crook of her neck, and she's not there.
Parenthood=Craxyland.
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Oh Sean, I'm so sorry. As brutal as it feels, you may want to put her in a cold bath to force her body temp down. I'm at work today, but let me know if there's anything Drew or I can do for you guys later.
{{{Sean & S}}} Tons of fever~ma. I really hope she doesn't have to be admitted again.
{{{JZ}}}
I'm back from my appointment and stuffed full of bad for me fast food goodness. I really should stop doing that, but it seems to be a requirement for Wednesdays.
ION, I have a painful, red, bumpy under-the-bra strap-rash. AIFS.
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Sean, have you tried putting a set of sheets in the freezer for an hour or two? Might be more comfortable than a cold bath.
I've put in a call both to her primary doctor and my mother the nurse.Good. I know she doesn't want to go back to the hospital, and hopefully it won't come to that, but that's a high fever for an adult, and if it's not be responsive to those things you can do for her -- well I don't know what my point was other than that I'm glad you've called her doctor and your mom.
How is your mom, by the way?
And now that I'm at my desk at work like a grown-up, my arms are hungry and my lips keep reaching for the top of her head and her hands and the crook of her neck, and she's not there.
One of my Nana's favorite aphorisms about parenthood was: In your arms, your arms ache. Out of your arms, your heart aches.