Ashley had a pretty tough night. The fever in her system has her tummy upset, and even though she ate a good dinner, she couldn’t keep it down. She got a bath at 10PM, and we did laundry at 10:30PM. Then she woke up at 5:30AM and got me. Her temp was 104 degrees! I took her to the sick call at our pediatrician’s office while Kayla hung out with Gramma (thank you Gramma!!!!!). The verdict was……..either a nasty respiratory bug or a strain of flu not in this year’s vaccine. The only difference between the two would have been a swab up her nose to test for influenza. We didn’t bother. It didn’t change how I would treat her today. It doesn’t change that until she is fever free for 24 hours, she is contagious and not going anywhere. Unless we get some miracle recovery tomorrow morning (unlikely), then Pittsburgh will have to wait. Good thing it wasn’t airline tickets to AZ – we had considered that for this week off!

Once we got back to Gramma’s house, I ran to Target to pick up a few tummy friendly foods like Phineas & Ferb soup. Ashley was so miserable and cold that she could hardly move her arms, so to eat a small bowl of applesauce she used a straw!! Check out the baggy puffy eyes.