I woke up yesterday morning with an absolutely horrendous headache. By 1:00 I was freezing and could not get warm and dizzier than all get out. It was all I could do to get through the work I was doing. Around 2:30 I went from my absolutely freezing state to being hot but still dizzy. Sarah had told me to leave work at 3 to get a jump on the long weekend, and I probably wouldn't have taken her up on it if I hadn't been feeling so crappy (I didn't get in until 11:15 because Kate had her physical). I left around 3:20 and after sitting in horrible holiday weekend traffic for a while got into bed at 4:40 - and didn't really get up until 11:30 this morning! When I got home last night my temp was 102.2 and when I checked it a few hours later it was 103.4. I felt like SHIT (sorry, there's no other way to say it). Jay got up with Kate this morning and I took over from 8-9 while he got ready to go out, and then Kate and I went back to sleep at 9. Other than that hour, I slept the other 18. Isn't that INSANE??? Clearly I was a. sick and b. sleep deprived. Needless to say, here I am at 10:30 and not tired at all.

 

I'm feeling better now in terms of my head - the headache and dizziness subsided this afternoon and my fever was gone ~2:00. Now, though, I'm getting a sore throat. So all this comes back to Kate, who we now know had a mild case of hand, foot, and mouth disease. The doc yesterday morning pointed out that she had pinpoints on the soles of her feet that never turned into the full blown HFMD rash, and she has some spots around her mouth as well. Her fever lasted exactly one day...Early signs of HFMD are a fever followed by a sore throat...Apparently it's very rare for adults to get it, but it is highly contagious, and maybe my immune system isn't set up to fight this particular virus. Lovely. We'll see if I end up with any telltale rashes - wouldn't that be pleasant?!? Actually, cases in adults are generally very mild and last ~3 days, so that's good. Or maybe I just have some other random bug.

 

Kate's physical went ok yesterday. She was really tired and cried the entire time, so that made the whole thing far less pleasant and leisurely than it might have been. She 23.5 lb (not quite 50%) and 31.5in (50%). She had to get two shots, and on top of the fact that no one ever likes shots, her crabbiness just made it horrendous. She regrouped pretty quickly, but she was not happy. I dropped her off at daycare and that just made her day worse - she was so upset with me. She's been doing really well at daycare and runs into the room to play on most days. I think that yesterday she thought she was going to be home with me all day since we'd been playing all morning (her appt wasn't until 9:40), so daycare was an unhappy surprise - plus she was tired and had just had two shots. I'd have cried too.

 

So I really think that Kate would take 2 naps everyday if she could. I guess that M-F she just pushes through the pain in the morning while she's at daycare, but seriously, on the weekends she sleeps the entire day. She napped today from 9-12 (she was up at 7) and then from 2:45-6; she happily went to bed at 8 (slightly later than normal). Um, hello Kate, your parents would like to see you on the weekends! She'll do it again tomorrow and Monday, I guarantee it. It's amazing how much she'll sleep, because she always sleeps a good 11 or 12 hours overnight. CRAZY. She's pretty old to be wanting two naps, but the doc said not to worry about it, so we try to not mess with her too much on the weekends; for whatever reason, this kid needs her sleep. The thing is, having to accommodate 6+ hours of naps both days pretty much shoots down any major plans and as I mentioned, doesn't give us much time with her. A definite bummer.

 

OK I'm off to bed - hopefully I'll be able to sleep...