Tesla has been sick since Thursday! It started slowly on Thursday when I kept her home because she appeared generally off and I wanted to keep her chill without too many activities. She seemed perky Friday morning so I took her to Karla's. By the end of the day though, she had developed a fever...which continued throughout the weekend (we totally missed the glorious weather). Her fever is gone now, but she's coughing like crazy - which is super hard for her because sucking her thumb comforts her and it's quite hard to suck and cough. She has eaten a total of maybe a cup of her favorite applesauce over these four days. She refuses juice, but asks for milk a lot so she is getting some calories.
We've been to Kaiser and were told it's a common bug right now that takes a week to get over. On target the fever died down, and apparently the coughing will go on for several more days. She got up this morning to draw, so that's a good sign since she's been either on the bed or sofa ALL day and night.
It's so hard to watch her since she doesn't know what's going on. She'd awaken from a nap and cry because she felt so lousy. Nothing would comfort her. I basically lay next to her most of the time (since I wasn't feeling so great either). In my own way, I treasured the hours and hours of snuggling up together ...her legs over me, her tired eyes peering into mine, holding hands. I'm glad I had the time to simply lie by her side which I think helped her feel less grumpy.
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