This is getting . . . unnerving

[pegkerr]

Delia's fever tonight was 102.6. She has a rash all over her chest and arms.

She has lost a little weight, because she just has no appetite--she's barely eaten anything since Thursday. I'm pushing liquids, but it is very uphill work. Thank you for your ideas for keeping her entertained. I bought a kit at Creative Kidstuff with pipecleaners, feathers, pompoms, plastic cutout pieces, popsicle sticks etc, and she spent some time yesterday and today gluing together pompom creatures.

But she is so lethargic and woebegone.

I have a little knot of worry deep down inside. What is it? Why isn't she getting better?

The doctor told me to call if she is feverish tomorrow, and given her temperature at bedtime, I suspect she is going to be.

I'm sure my employer is not very pleased about this, but what else can I do?

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[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Both the doctors who saw her agreed that the rash did look very much like measles, but she had been vaccinated, which eliminated it as a possibility.