looks like I'll be staying home from work tomorrow

[aryanhwy]

And if we're not lucky, all week. This morning when I dropped Gwen off at daycare, there was a sign that three kids had come down with hand, foot, and mouth disease -- one of whom, I was informed, was from Gwen's room. I thought that Gwen had been exposed -- without getting sick -- while in Tilburg, and so hoped we'd be lucky. This afternoon when I picked her up, she was getting her temperature taken, and not only that, one teacher was bringing the other a new thermometer, because they figured the first one had to be broken, her temperature couldn't be that high with her being her usual peppy and cheerful self! Unfortunately, it wasn't broken, and when I checked it when we got home, it was 40.3C. That, and the fact that she didn't finish her supper and then wanted to sit on my lap and cuddle while I finished mine is pretty good evidence that she's been felled. Luckily, the tylenol suppository did its trick, and by the time we put her to bed her temp was down to 39.0C, so I'm not too worried about her for the night. Even if we're wrong about HFM, she can't go back until she's been fever free for 24 hours, so we'll definitely be home tomorrow.

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[nestaverchwyn.livejournal.com]

Poor Gwen. We had tonsillitis two weeks ago and his temp got to 39.2 at the doctors. And just wanting to cuddle. Panadol (Tylenol) did it's job for us too. Plus penicillin to clear it up. Good luck!

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

The tylenol really appears to work. When I put her down to bed, it was down to 39.0. She can have it every 6 hours, and around 12:30am (right when the next dose would've come up), she woke and it was 39.1, then woke again around 6:00, back up to 39.9, but then she went back to sleep for another three hours (yup, she's sick...) and it's down to 38.6. I foresee spending most of the day on the couch together.