We spent a couple of hours at the doctors office yesterday because Avery was still running a fever and the child NEVER runs a fever! We were giving her Motrin every 4-6 hours and it still wasn't helping, plus her coughing was terrible and I was worried it would start getting into lungs and causing issues.
We walked out of the office knowing that she had a double ear infection and they sent tests for strep and flu out just in case. Avery's doc decided to go ahead and treat the ear infections just in case they were the causing the fever, and if she had strep we would already have meds in place to take care of it.
Got a call today that her flu test came back positive. They are sending it out to test for H1N1 just to try and track it...but it isn't going to change anything we are doing. The big things for her are to monitor and make sure she stays hydrated and to monitor her fever. There is a slight concern because of the other medical issues we have been dealing with that we still haven't nailed down but we are just keeping close tabs on her. I'm so glad now that my training this week was canceled so I can stay home with her!!
She seems to be feeling a little better today. She still coughs alot and ends up making herself gag because of the draining but we are making it.
Still not sure where she picked it up, could be from Nicole's kids, she had one that was sick right around Avery's birthday then the rest seemed to get sick one after another that week. Or it could have been from all the coughing, sneezing kids in the lobby of the doctor's office (that weren't supposed to be there) when she went in for her well check. If her insurance hadn't mandated I take her I would have rescheduled it. She has had a great time cuddling with mommy and I can't lie I have loved cuddling with her too!!
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