fever

yesterday afternoon B got a call from after school care that Z had a fever of 102. B made a few phone calls & decided it was best for him to stay at work, so i went & picked the little guy up.

he was in the isolation room, asleep on a little sofa. i woke him up & we walked to the car, he said he didn't feel good & his belly hurt. he told me he was fine in the morning but started not feeling well & decided to lay down & that's what got everyone's attn; if he's not full throttle, something's wrong.

so i took him home, took his temp 101.6/101.7, helped him change into jammies, got a wet washcloth for his head, then he laid on the sofa & watched cartoons. he wouldn't fall asleep even when i read to him. B came home about an hour later & brought him his "greater-grade" (Gatorade). i think he drank 3 cups, then finally fell asleep.

he slept less than an hour but shortly after he woke up he was already feeling better & wanted to go outside & play. he drank more greator-grade & ate a little soup i made for him & was ready for bed. thoughout the night i checked on him, his fever didn't return the way it was, but it's there, lingering.

when he woke up this morning he said his head hurt, worse than yesterday. B's staying home with him. i reminded him, like i do every time the boy has a fever, no dairy products or he'll puke but B just doesn't believe me & prefers to act surprised when it happens. B gave him some medicine for the hurting head & i told him Z could have another does at 1pm because although he's seriously considering going into nursing, he never pays attn to what time he doles out the meds so he doesn't know when it's ok to give the next round.

they'll figure it out though & i'll go home for lunch to check on them.