So the lass’ fever went away over the weekend and we ended up sending her to school today. But she wasn’t right when she got off the bus. She was very subdued, no spring in her step. When she got inside and had eaten her lunch, she laid down on the couch and took a nap.
Two hours later she woke up and her fever was back with a vengeance, though she wasn’t exactly acting sick. I informed the Wife of the fever and we were able to get an appointment for her for late in the afternoon.
Turns out she has an ear infection. According to the Wife, the doctor had only just looked in her ear when he diagnosed her. The doctor also noted that she wasn’t acting very sick- she was babbling away asking him questions and watching him write his notes very intently according to the Wife. He gave her a prescription and they were on their way.
When we put her to bed last night, she’d been in tears because her ear hurt. This was after she’d had her finger stuck in her ear- we’d just assumed she’d bruised it or something. The Wife gave her some meds to help and she fell asleep. But not before she took her favorite blue blanket and covered her ear with it. She said it “made it feel better.”
So tonight, when I checked on her before going to bed, sure enough she had her blue blanket on her ear again. Guess she decided to stick with what works.