The Pediatrician's Verdict On Lara

We took Lara to the doctor today. Lara is still running a fever and is still fighting breastfeeding without some pedialyte beforehand. The doctor said that there is a bug going around right now called the hand foot mouth virus. The doctor said that Lara will still have a fever for another day or two and then she'll have a rash. The doctor told us to keep doing what we have been doing and that Lara is contagious until the fever is gone. Glad we did not take her to church on Sunday =) My poor baby. She is happy when we give her Motrin or Tylenol because the fever goes down. Then when the medicine wears off she's lethargic, fussy and only wants to cuddle with Mommy. Looks like she got Mommy's immune system...yeah for Mommy (with a sarcastic tone). At least it's not that she had heat stroke or is still dehydrated. Just one of those things that is worse/scarier for the parent then for the child. Hopefully the fever will end sooner rather than later.