Sick Again

Well, not really again, it's Lucy's turn this time. She's got a fever, a stuffy nose, a bit of a cough, and now today one of her eyes is all puffy. She woke up with a temp yesterday and we went straight to the doctor this time. The wait-and-see approach we took with Freddy's fever was not the best choice, as he had a 103 fever for three days. Plus, on Easter Sunday we found a tick on the back of Lucy's head. So when I discovered her fever, we were off to the doctor.

Dr. Hartle, our very kind new pediatrician, decided to put Lucy on amoxicillin right away just in case she was sick because of the tick bite. She most likely has whatever is going around, but just in case we started her on medicine. Dr. Hartle said the tests for Lyme disease are a bit unreliable and if the test was positive she would out Lu on antibiotics so she just went straight to the antibiotics.

Lucy goes back and forth between sitting on the couch, running around and whining. She handles being sick so differently than her brother does. He just gives in and lays around needing snuggles but not whining too much.

Lucy had to miss a school field trip today. At first I was feeling bad about it but since it has down poured all morning and the field trip was to a farm, I am over it and relieved we didn't have to go. Hopefully she will be back to school Thursday, we only have two more weeks left.