On the mend....we hope......

As I posted previously, Margaret came down with a mean fever on Wednesday afternoon. There have been several ups and downs since then. She did make it to school on Friday, as she was up, almost dressed and brushing her teeth before I knew it! This is very unlike my child. She REALLY wanted to go to school and participate in her circus. Her teacher reported that she was a great LION and that she rolled over and roared on command. However, by 3pm on Friday things went WAY down hill. She started complaining again of a headache and then the fever came back. It went up to 103 before Margaret threw up. YUCK! She felt really bad. Friday night we spent taking a cool bubble bath, watching movies, wiping down with cool clothes, cuddling and most importantly keeping ibuprophen and tylenol in her system. Saturday she felt a little better and was anxious to go to her Columbia house to play. Since her temp was down, we decided this would be a good for her. By about 9pm last night her temp was back up to 102. I hurried to Columbia to make sure my baby stayed cool through the night. The fever did go down and stayed. There have been no signs of illness today other than the occasional whining and being a little tired. Man, she should be tired!! We have not slept well since Tuesday night! I know I am tired and I have not been running high fevers! Hopefully, this is the end of this nasty virus that was supposedly not the flu. It sure felt fluish! Below are some pics from tonight as the princess is feeling better.

Margaret decided to decorate her animals with her bows to make her own circus.

Margaret really enjoyed eating corn on the cob for supper tonight. Her appetite is back!

RIGHT after I got the pictures downloaded, I heard Margaret start crying. She was complaining of a headache. I check her temp and it was 101. I got her up for some ibuprophen and by the time I started to rock and distract her (she was quite upset and feeling crummy) she was burning up, AGAIN! Her temp went up to 102.5 before the mirical medicine kicked in. Then, surprisingly we had a peaceful rest of the night.
Margaret woke up in a good mood this morning. She was excited to stay home with her Mimi, who came to our house to get her since I needed to be at work early. Margaret was excited to let Mimi see "how clean my room is" (it's not so much!!) and to ride in the big girl booster seat since Cousin Olivia is borrowing her car seat.

Margaret has not run fever all day and Mimi reports that she seemed to feel good and play well all day. Hopefully, last night was the last of this bugger of a virus!