Sick Little Girl

So, I have been home this week with Alyssa, she has been pretty sick. It all started on Friday afternoon, she woke up from her nap with a fever. I started giving her Motrin, but throughout the night her fever stayed at around 102. I started to get pretty worried, I couldn't get it down. I had to go into work Saturday morning, so I thought that I would take her to the ER and get her checked. Her fever was still up, and she defiantly was not feeling well. The ER doc couldn't figure out what was wrong. Her throat was red so he thought that she might have strep, we did a quick strep test and it was negative. He gave her a shot of antibiotics just to be safe. I stayed at work and my mother-in-law came and took Alyssa home. That night her fever kept getting high and would only drop to 99. We had her birthday party planed for Sunday. We decided to go along with the plans figuring by then that the shot would be working.
Sunday morning, she still was not feeling well and was still pretty cranky. We could get her fever to stay around 99 for 4 or 5 hours so we thought that she would be ok for the party. Everyone came over at 2:00 and we had cake and ice cream and opened presents. You could tell that Alyssa did not feel well the whole time though. After everyone left she just wanted her blanky and the couch. She fell asleep for about 4 hours and woke back up with a fever of 102.8. We started her on the Motrin again, and decided to defiantly take her to the doctor in the morning. I called work and got coverage so we could go to the doc.
Monday morning with still a high fever and very cranky we got into the doc at 10:00. Dr. Michalek took one look at the mouth and throat and new what was wrong. She had some sort of Herpes virus in her mouth. (There is a specific name for it but I can't remember.) Her whole mouth, gums, cheeks, lips, and throat is covered with sores. The doctor said that it is extremely painful, and very contagious, so no daycare for 8-10 days! I never really want to go to work, but I have vacation planned for the next two weeks, so now this means 3 weeks without work, and really short paychecks.
We have been home this week taking it easy. I realized that I need to make sure to have a lot of patience with her. She gets so cranky because her mouth hurts so bad. We do have some Tylenol with codeine that helps with the pain some, but not much. She has been very clingy and doesn't want me away from her for to long. It has been a very long week! It's nice to be able to spend some time with Alyssa, but it sucks that she is so sick. Hopefully she will start getting better soon. Her fever is finally gone, but she still is not eating or drinking much. Her 2 year birthday is tomorrow and it is so sad that she has been so sick. I am hoping to be able to take her back to daycare Monday. Then we have to go back to the doctor to check the sores and for her 2 year immunizations on Tuesday. I think this is as sick as Alyssa has ever been, hopefully it will be over soon.