Early Sunday morning, a week before Christmas, Claire woke up with a high fever and very out of sorts. We made sure she received lots of rest on Sunday in hopes that it was just a 24 hour bug. On Monday, she was still spiking high fevers, had a bad cough, and was acting delirious from the fever. We took her to the doctor and ruled out flu, strep, and ears. They said it was just a viral infection.
Fast forward a couple more days and mommy was having Deja Vu to Christmas 2006 when I spent a week home with Brady who was diagnosed with RSV. Claire was still spiking fevers and taking lengthy naps, so we took Claire back to the doctor for more tests...poor baby got a chest x-ray, blood cultures, and doctor pokes/prods. All came back negative pointing to a viral infection still.
We are now on Day 5 and Claire seems to be showing some signs of improvement. Fever is gone, but you can tell she still doesn't feel good. Good thing I was on vacation this week to take care of my baby girl or it would have been a rough week trying to juggle schedules. On a positive note, it has been somewhat relaxing having a cuddly baby in my arms the last few days...good opportunity to read and watch movies which I wouldn't have stopped to do otherwise. Hopefully, another day or two of rest and then Claire will be all better for the Christmas festivities.
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