baby and her medical issues

i took baby girl to the doctor this afternoon.  for the THIRD time in a month.  i took her in four weeks ago because of those strange spots, and then for her nine month appointment, and then today because she's had a continuous high fever that's not responding to tylenol.  so even though one of those was a routine appointment, the other two were definitely the "talk to a nurse on the phone until she tells you to come in to see a doctor... right now."  and honestly, we probably would have had two more visits if we hadn't been traveling because of the super weird face rash and the EXTREME fussiness in colorado.  those probably would have each gotten their own visit if we'd been in town for it.

man, baby girl, you're sure keeping us busy.  the good news from today is that there's no ear infection or anything else like that.  baby came down with congestion and a runny nose two days ago and last night when i was putting her to bed she felt hot and had a temp of 101.5.  she woke up at 2:30 this morning and was burning up.  i mean like smoking hot.  all over every inch of her body.  her underarm temp read 102.5 so i tried to just calm her down and keep her comfortable while holding a damp washcloth on her back and belly for close to an hour until she fell asleep.  call me crazy but i loved every second of it.  there's something so special about being up in the middle of the night with a sick baby.  in my head it's a romantic idea and i found it to be the same in person.  sad for baby though.

anyways, this morning she was back at 101.5 so i gave her tylenol at 8 and again at noon.  she only napped for 45 minutes this morning and this afternoon she napped from noon to 1 30 and woke up crying and her cheeks were super flushed and fiery hot.  and she was so fussy she'd cry every time i put her down and she was refusing to nurse/eat.  so after five missed calls to my mom, i finally just called the doctors office and talked to a nurse who said i should bring her right in.  appointment scheduled for 30 minutes out.  i LOVED the doctor we met with!  we met with dr. borden and she was wonderful!  too bad we didn't have this doctor all along but oh well because the nine month well check was our last appointment with our something's-off regular doctor anyways.  the nurse took baby's temp and got 99.7 which i told the doctor was much lower than it's been the whole time.  the doctor took the temp again and got a solid 102.  she said she likes to take the temperature herself just to make sure it's correct.  i like attention to detail like that.  she was very friendly and personable and clear and i walked away from that appointment thinking it wasn't a waste of time ("darn, tedious waste of an evening" name that quote) which is what i normally feel with doctors appointments.  which is why when it's me, i just prefer to wait things out until they go away.  not because i hate going to the doctor but just because it always seems to be a waste.  anyways, i digress.  i always digress.

flushed and fiery.  don't ask why this picture is so tiny.  i have no clue.

so now we are back home and baby is down for a nap for the third time today.  crossing my fingers things go well for her tonight since i'll be ditching her for a baby shower.