Mono y Mono

Okay, so Madison's fever - though not 104 - is still present. In fact, it's been up to 102 from time to time. Mommy was managing it with ibuprofen, and of course continuing the amoxicillin based on the doctor's prescription.

But this has been going on for days. So what's up with Madison?

That's what we wanted to know. So trudge we did back to the doctor's office. And, as this is a blog about posting firsts, here's another one: mono. Madison has mono, the "kissing disease."

That explains everything! She's been sleeping on that couch constantly. She'll pop in a movie and we'll look over there, and find her sleeping. We think it's just a nap to catch up on some late nights, but no: she's in it for the long haul. We carry her upstairs and put her in bed, sleeping heavily. She's completely wiped out!

It's mono. This puts a damper on quite a bit. We're really feeling sorry for her now - how can you not? She saw the medicine this morning and told us bluntly, "It's not working!"

She came in this morning and crawled into bed with us one more time: her skin was burning with heat, and she was crying. This is seriously the sickest I've ever seen her - it's been a few days in a row of this, and it has been so discouraging.

Fortunately, the pills help to calm the fever down somewhat. But we've had to keep her home from all activities, including sadly our trip to see General Beauregard, the groundhog down near Stone Mountain - the one everyone goes to see on Groundhog Day. Also, there's ballet and a host of other things.

But the blessing is this: it could have happened any other time. Like Christmas. Or when Nana and ba-Ba were here. Or even our Chinese New Year Festival at the house. Recently, I was bemoaning the fact that we hadn't purchased tickets to the Atlanta Families With Children From China Chinese New Year Dinner, this Saturday. The reason was work-related: there's so much to do. Still, I was becoming jaded at the thought that we'd miss out on this. Now, I'm grateful we haven't bought the tickets: we wouldn't be able to go because Madison isn't feeling well. So there's a lot to be grateful for in all this. That's generally a good philosophy: look for the good in all things.

We played games today, but Daddy did have a lot of work to do. Our new series is this Sunday, and things are about to seriously pick up a bit. Hopefully, Daddy will keep away from that mono stuff. Mommy had it once, and said it wasn't fun. Looking at Madison, I tend to agree mightily.