it is 3:13 am EST time, fri feb. 8 or 9, i'm not sure right now and don't feel like looking for what date it is. anyway i have been waiting for an hour for the pediatrician on call to call me back. actually it is 3:17 am now and i just called the answering service again who said the doctor on call should call back within about 15 min. and if not to call again. she told me that in the future if i don't hear back within about 15 min. to call them right back. so now it is 3:24 and i just got off the phone with the pediatrician. the answering service lady did also mention she thought the page didn't go through correctly which makes me feel much better that they don't have concerned mothers waiting up at all hours of the night. the pediatrician actually did call right back.
... so here's the story...since tuesday i have been taking care of my sick 4 year old. her temperature had been progressively going down since i got the call from school with her having an under arm temperature of 101. i decided to go to work yesterday (thursday) afternoon because she seemed to be doing great to me with just that lingering fever that was going down. my mom's friend agreed to watch her for me so i could go to work for the afternoon. i went in at 11:30 and left at 5:30 by the time i was getting my daughter ready for bed at 8:30 pm she didn't look very good to me and her temperature was at 99 under the arm. 2 am she wakes up to use the bathroom and she felt like she was burning up: temp of 101.8 under the arm. i'm feeling a little guilty for going to work now. i feel like i needed to have encouraged her to rest and drink fluids more and not be in a rush to get back to work. i guess there's always more we can do... as long as we try to do our best on a day to day basis and everyone is alive and happy at the end of the day, what more can one ask for?

join us next time for some more blog therapy as we move forward on our journey to fabulosity

-Mama

How to Interpret Your Child's Temperature

this is a great article about reading additions and subtractions that need to be considered when taking a child's temperature under the arm compared with oral and rectal readings. it is a great reading because it reminds us not to get so caught up in the exact temperature down to the 0.1 degree, rather to use the temperature readings along with your judgment of you child's symptoms to help you decide how to best take care of your child.

Flu in Children: Provides comprehensive information

information from healthsquare.com. provides a synopsis of the flu including symptoms and treatment for children

The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Children Flu

this is a little more in depth about flu and how to treat children. another perspective that can be considered.

Does Your Child Have a Cold or the Flu? Symptoms Guide

this has a very user-friendly chart from kidshealth.org to help you determine if your child has a cold or the flu

Flu in Children

gives in-depth information about the flu in children including a time outline for the virus. treatment advice consistent with how i've adopted treating my daughter based on advice from pediactricians and internet resources.