One of the worst weeks ever. Arya started off monday night with a not too high fever and was sick the entire week with very high fever. Her temperature rose to 104.5, which had us rushing to the Urgent Care near home. Strep test came back negative and everything else looked ok. So we came back home with the possibility that she had a viral infection. That sucked because there is nothing you can do besides wait it out. Waiting it out with a 2 year old whose temp stayed above 102 for 4 days, was hard. My poor baby has lost so much weight and looks so exhausted.
One of the days, she did not eat or drink anything - next day back to her Ped.. Everything came back ok, except that she was very dehydrated. Doc said that she had to drink plenty of fluids or has to come back next day for IV fluids. I pretty much had to threaten Arya with a needle every few mins to get her to drink - it worked. I felt horrible for doing it, but that was much better than having to take her back to get IV fluids.
Her fever finally went away by Saturday morning after 4 days of haunting us. Her appetite is somewhat normal again. She will have to do some catching up on the weight now...
I hope this does not happen ever again....
