Saturna

my baby boy (who is no longer such a baby) is running a fever of 102. a strong fever, one that only goes down to 100 with tylenol.

we are going to the clinic. last time i let a fever go to wait it out it was strep, we both had it, and had to sit through the weekend. i distinctly remember thinking that i would rather have been dead than feel like i did by the time that monday rolled around. even greater is my memory of the guilt i felt for thinking i could wait it out in the case of jah isaac.

it has been since april that he has been sick, so it is not alarming that he may have a little something, at least in the frequency anyway. to me, it is always alarming when he is a hotbox and i cannot explain it. or lethargic and laying on the couch in a blanket, rather than tearing all the cushions off the couch and building some kind of contraption or "bridge." it makes me feel powerless.

he is going to be so grumpy when i wake him up in a few minutes.... he is not a morning person at all.

update
jah isaac is doing ok. his temp is down and a culture showed no strep. i guess i could have waited but 102 and up is pushing it. lost work and money out of pocket are nothing compared to my baby being healthy.

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