Well, I was supposed to be all better today. I would have even gone back to pre-school today, but Nana insisted that I stay home (and that she’d take care of me). Well, the morning was great. I was happy to see that Mom was working from home, but that was just because she wasn’t feeling well, so that was bad.
Everything changed after lunch. My fever came back and Mom and Nana were very concerned and confused — I was supposed to be over the worst of my ear infection. Nana refused to go home tonight and instead slept on the floor in my room. She figured leaving two sick people alone wasn’t a good idea. It was so nice of her to stay!
By the morning on Wednesday, I hadn’t improved at all. Mom called my doctor’s office even before it opened and got me an appointment at 11:45 with Dr. Freeman (my usual doctor). She agreed that something was definitely wrong, but confirmed that all of my tests from the emergency room on Friday were normal (for a sick person). My ears were getting better and so it was mystery what was causing my fever. She sent us back to Children’s Memorial Hospital for more tests.
At Children’s, the doctors repeated all of the tests from Friday (chest x-ray, blood and urine analysis) and sent us home. The docs were still confused, so they consulted with an infectious diseases specialist to see if I might have something exotic wrong with me. They decided that they wanted to see me tomorrow to repeat the flu test.
Nana left at 3:00 and Dad was on his way home. Mom and I went for a walk to pick up more coconut water, because it’s about the only liquid I would drink. At dinner I had pretty bad chills — my lips, feet, and hands felt like ice cubes! I was really struggling. Dad got home and Mom and I definitely felt better to have the whole family back together.
So, I went to bed feeling terrible and with some undiagnosed illness. Hopefully the trip to the doctor’s office tomorrow will figure out what’s wrong with me!
Last year Mom left me with a stranger!!
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