Last Wed. I took Ellie to the doctor for her one-year check-up. On Friday she got her first round MMR at the health department. On Sunday she had a fever. Boo.
Her fever hung around on and off for two days and none of us really got any sleep for two days and finally when I got a temperature reading of 103 on Tuesday we went back to see the doctor.
He said the fever might be a reaction to the vaccine or just a regular old virus. We are on the look out for a rash to develop, indicating Roseola–maybe (he said the Chinese word for “rose” and then one of the many words for “sickness”, this is my best guess for rashy-kid-sicknesses). He also gave her some medicine which is helping her sleep and keeping her fever away.
This isn’t your bottle of pink amoxicillin, folks. 
What am I supposed to do with this? How would you get this into a 13 month old? The instructions they gave me tell me to give it to her 4 times a day, after each meal and before bed. Of course Ellie’s after dinner IS before bed. I finally decided to dump the powder into the bulb of a medicine dropper, add water then attach the dropper part.
I don’t think Ellie likes the grittiness. When I was just giving her ibuprofen I would say, “OK, time for your medicine,” and she would respond with a “Mmmm.” Now she shakes her head and walks the other way.
Soon I’ll post an update with Ellie’s weight and height and other goodies, but for now I’ll leave you with a picture of our pitiful little sick girl.
“Cuddling” her spiky balls. Go figure.
Aww, sorry to hear Ellie’s sick. Kathryn got Roseola right after her first birthday, too. Hope it gets better soon!