Fever!

Anna's sick. She woke up around 11:30 last night with a fever of 102 and today it's gotten as high as 103.8. We kind of were waiting around for this. She hasn't been sick since she was 18 months old or so, and even then any fever may have never gone above 101 or something. We've gotten by this long with good health, it was bound to happen and I've wondered what she'd be like when sick.

To our surprise, she's a trooper. I guess I expected whiny, clingy, all the other crap but no, she is in good spirits and taking it well. She does say "momma I don't like the fever!" and "am I still sick momma?" often but otherwise good. She gets cold as the fever goes up, she's pissed at her runny nose and she gets tired pretty suddenly. She took a brief nap today but it's quite the sight to see her fight sleep her body obviously needs throughout the day. She always was a sleep fighter! Not cranky fight, but pathetic-your-eyes-are-sad-little-slits-and-you-barely-know-where-you-are fight. She's so far a happy sick kid which is fantastic with us! We hate to see her with such a high fever but given the other symptoms (so far congestion but not yet cough...we expect that around mon or tues) and her good mood it's not as bad as I'd feared (yet). Her cheeks get all flushed with the fever.

The whole time she was two I thought that would be a sucky age to get sick because they're so oppositional and still somewhat babies. Then three came and I thought it would be sucky but still easier because she was capable of reasoning. Now at 4 she's a little big kid so I think we escaped the harder ages. We got lucky. TJ was awesome to come over and show me some Tui Na to try to help the fever and runny nose. What a great skill to have :) and I'm lucky that one of my best friends has it! And lives one street over.

Now as far as a stomach virus: that's the bad ass one that's left for us I know. She had one when she was just 4 months old but it was quick and let's face it: that kind of puke is easier to clean up.

Nobody likes big little kid puke. Lord help us when THAT day comes.