Mireya starting running a low fever two days ago, but it was intermittent and she seemed fine. Unfortunately, each night she has had nightmare after nightmare and been miserable. By today her fever is getting more consistent and higher. She's also feeling much worse. She has no real symptoms of anything, so I don't know what she could be sick with.
Does this sound like deja-vu to you too? It wasn't too long ago that we had the fiasco where Mireya had a really bad fever for weeks and weeks and the doctors had no idea why. It eventually broke and she got better, but we never got an answer as to why she was sick in the first place. It was very traumatic for all three of us and we have a huge fear of history repeating itself.
What do we do? Add to that the debate of whether or not to give her something for the fever and the misery. We've been alternating ibuprofen and Tylenol, but I hate to medicate her and doctors don't recommend it. The alternative is worse though, because she clearly feels better after a dose of medication. Ugh.
I HATE this. I HATE that she is going to get sick as a child until she develops immunity to things. I HATE that she can't tell us exactly what's going on. I HATE that I'm her mother and I want to be able to fix everything and I can't always. I HATE worrying that I might be missing something or not doing enough. I HATE the unknown, the unexpected and what I cannot plan for. I just want my sweet baby girl to feel well and be happy always. :(
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