The nurse said not to worry unless her fever goes over 102, lasts more than three days, or she starts complaining about her ears--just keep her hydrated and use ibuprofen or tylenol to keep the fever under control. Garden-variety virus, IOW. It still amazes me how relatively healthy a small child with a temperature above 100 can be. I could probably count on one hand the times I've had that bad of a fever in the past decade, and I was miserable in every case and barely missed hospitalization in the worst of the lot. Annabel is sitting on the couch with me watching Max & Ruby, and she doesn't seem quite clear on why she's not at school and I'm not at work.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 38: Well, This Is Just...Neat.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Susan W. - Dec 12, 2007 8:15:06 am PST #8067 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
-t - Dec 12, 2007 8:16:35 am PST #8068 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I also love Fairytale of New York.
Miracleman - Dec 12, 2007 8:18:13 am PST #8069 of 10002
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
It still amazes me how relatively healthy a small child with a temperature above 100 can be.
This is probably first-time-parenting-know-nothing crap for me, but if Emeline has a cough or a sniffle I whip out the thermometer, just to be sure. Because she, too, has had boiling hot fevers and still been jumping around and lively as though everything was just skip-dandy.
I can usually deal with a fever of 100-102 myself without being too dragged out, but...with kids it's impossible to tell. Seriously.
Oh, to be that superhuman again.
Pix - Dec 12, 2007 8:21:07 am PST #8070 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I'm listening to "Fairytale of New York" right now, AIFG!
ETA: ND, are you around? Could you hop onto AIM if so?
Frankenbuddha - Dec 12, 2007 8:35:04 am PST #8071 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
{{{Nora}}} Again, very sorry to hear about another loss in your family circle.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2007 8:41:04 am PST #8072 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Fay, there was somebody in the Homicide book who quite literally used his last breath to say he stabbed himself shaving.
Pix - Dec 12, 2007 9:11:14 am PST #8073 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Nora, there are no words. I send you hugs and sympathy and love.
aurelia - Dec 12, 2007 9:24:02 am PST #8074 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Nora, so sorry.
It is one of my ringtones.
Fun! I haven't gotten into the ringtone thing. I'm not even sure how to get ringtones on my 5 yr old phone.
amych - Dec 12, 2007 9:28:55 am PST #8075 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Because I am a HUGE dork, my ringtones come from old-school arcade video games. Every once in a while I get a message and whoever else is in the room does a major doubletake and says "wait, was that Pac-Man?!"
Nora Deirdre - Dec 12, 2007 9:40:54 am PST #8076 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I've been making calls and stuff- feeling a little better about my decision to stay at home today. Looks like I will be going down on Friday, staying till Tuesday. Whee, yet another unplanned for expense. (feeling horrible that it is even in my mind like that)
I'm just telling you guys this so it's out of my system before talking with family.