We seem to have the sickies at our house. First The Girlchick came home from school very hoarse sounding. She didn't complain about feeling bad or her throat hurting, she just sound bad.
Well last week Thing 1 started running a low grade fever that we attributed to his teething. Well on Friday that fever spiked to 102.8. We took him in and we saw a doctor that was not our usual doctor and she told us that he had a double ear infection. I even questioned her about it since this was not his normal MO for an ear infection. I was so focused on that that I didn't realize until later that she didn't even look at his throat and mouth. Needless to say it was a very rough Friday night followed by an even tougher Saturday. We were all tired and cranky and we were having a very rough time controlling his fever, putting him in a cool tub, alternating between the ibuprofen and Tylenol, nothing seemed to be working. Finally Saturday evening it came down to 101 and we were so happy and he seemed so much more comfortable.
But on Sunday it seemed to be Thing 2's turn. He started to get a low fever on Sunday evening so we kept an eye on him. On Monday morning it was still low, but he didn't sleep well the night before. I decided to go ahead and make an appointment with his doctor for late in the day just in case. Man am I glad I did! His fever got up to 102.8 and again we were having issues controlling it. I took him in and she looked him over and looked in his throat and there were little blisters all over it. Ends up being a virus that is a cousin to hand/foot and mouth (not to be confused with foot and mouth which is a virus that effects cows). With this new diagnosis and I am really doubting that Thing 1 actually had an ear infection and that we needed to put him on antibiotics. Humph.
What I think happened is The Girlchick had some virus that she passed on to the boys and it manifested a little differently in them than it did her. But I don't have MD after my name, so that is just my personal opinion.
It is funny the difference between the boys and how they act when they are sick. Thing 1 is very high maintenance, very clingy, very fussy, every little thing you do makes him cry, he won't eat, and it's hard to get him to drink and he just cries all the time - he very rarely stops. Thing 2 is much more like The Girlchick when she was a baby and sick. Sometimes you didn't even know she was sick. She just went on with her day. She just went with the flow. Thing 2 is like that, his mouth hurts, and you can tell it hurts him bad, but it doesn't stop him from at least trying to eat or drink, he still sleeps pretty well, he will get clingy, but he has to be feeling really bad, he will still play and laugh - not Thing 1, he doesn't want to be messed with or looked at or anything. When the Dr. did the flu swab for Thing 1 he continued to scream until we got home and he passed out and went to sleep, Thing 2 cried but calmed down and even perked up a bit once the ibuprofen kicked in.
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