Midnight Musings

Evan started being really congested in his nose yesterday and then today started running a fever. He had been a little fussy this morning, so we decided the 99 degree temp wasn't worth keeping him home for. Just after lunch I get a call from Kim telling me that he was up to 101 and she couldn't get off easily to pick him up and take him to the doctor. I was perfectly happy to skip fourth block and go take him to the doctor. I took him to Dr. Battle, the relatively new pediatrician here in town, instead of Dr. Childers in Douglas. I was really impressed with her. She was a lot better about letting you know what she was thinking, why, and what she was doing about it and why. Kim and I are probably going to switch to her being Evan's regular doctor from now on just because I'm happy with her and she's about 35 miles closer to us.

But for those of you getting annoyed by the fact that I haven't gotten around to what's wrong with Evan, it's nothing big. The doctor thinks it's just a virus. His ears were fine (one of the girls at his daycare had a bad ear infection) and his lungs were clear, so it was all in his sinuses. She irrigated his sinuses and had me do the other side to make sure I knew how to do it at home. That was all he needed. He's still stuffy and we're having to irrigate occassionally, but the fever is down a bit, so unless he gets worse, he'll be fine.

He's actually been an amazingly happy sick baby. He's still smiling and playing, although he's not as active as he normally is and he's sleeping more, but that's not really a complaint. I really can't say that he's any fussier with a 100+ fever and trouble breathing than he is with a normal temp and clear breathing passages.