Fevers Two Nights in a Row

We spent most of the weekend trying to help William and Keisha fight their colds. It appears that the cold has passed over me this round. Thank God because I usually get a cold from them each time they get it from daycare. Friday evening, the runny noses started... and I was happy that I had just purchased four boxes of Kleenax the previous Sunday. I bought the new tissue with the anti-virus beads in it. How in the hell companies come up with this stuff, I have no clue... but I bought it. I had two coupons, plus it was on sale at Target. I could not resist.

I went back and forth helping William and Keisha blow their noses to get all the gooey snot out. They took turns with their Ewws and Owwws. I kept the Vaseline handy (code name Grease in our household) handy to apply below their noses in order to prevent chaffing. After all of the FDA reports, I have to admit that I am a bit reluctant to immediately rely on over the counter cold medicines for the twins. I kept them pumped with fluids and continued their regular dose of multi-vitamins.

Not too bad right?

But then on Saturday evening, I grabbed William to give him a hug and he felt warm. Everytime William gets a fever, I get scared to death... hoping and praying that it does not get to 101. I went downstairs to grab the thermometer, took William's temperature and it was 100.0. I asked JT to grab the Tylenol and he was on it. When JT went to Schnucks to pick up dinner, he also purchased fruit water. William loves water, but he occasionally gets tired of it. Gatorade is great too, but Keisha and William only tolerate so much of that too. I kind of have to balance out the variety of liquids for them. According the Keisha, her favorite juice is the Yellow Juice. That made me giggle.

William and Keisha seemed pretty restless so I placed them in my bed and I laid down next to them. We all were sleep by about 7 p.m. JT later came in to scoop up the twins and put them in their bed. We all missed dinner, but we needed the sleep big time. William broke his fever.

The next night William had another fever. The difference was that he was very cheerful, unlike the night before. Thankfully, William did not have any other symptoms. I went down the list... diarrhea, vomiting, lack of appetite, paleness, crankiness, in pain... negative. But... his fever was 100.8 this time. I was panicking on the inside, but I stayed strong for William on the outside. Two more tenths and that would have been a trip to the emergency room.

Everything else was nearly a repeat of the previous night. JT grabbed the Tylenol and we got William to drink more water and fruit water. Then I was so mentally exhausted that I fell asleep next to William while he watched his shows on Noggin. JT checked on William periodically while I napped. A couple of hours later William broke another fever. We gavae him another dose of Tylenol that night and the fever did not come back.

To say that I was relieved would be a major understatement.

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