"I was surprised to say the least."

Thursday, June 25, 1992

     The last two nights have been horrible. Ez. woke up at 11:45 Tues. night with a fever of 102.8 [degrees]. I gave her Tylenol & was up with her most of the night. She'd only sleep for about 10–30 minutes at a time. Til early morning she finally slept a couple of hours. I don't remember much about it now but I was exhausted by the time Guy got home. When I called the dr. the nurse said if she didn't have any other symptoms to just watch her & call back if she got worse. The fever was finally back to normal by lunchtime today so I didn't give her any more Tylenol. I didn't call the nurse again. But at bedtime her temp. was back up to 100.9. If she's up again tonight I'm calling tomorrow. Only problem is we have an appt. tomorrow morning to sign our wills & we really can't cancel unless it's an emergency. Gale Hardison is supposed to come over here & keep Ez. I just hope she's on time.

     Anyway, right after supper I came to bed last night & Ez. took a nap. I think it was a little after 6:00. She woke up at 7:00 & Guy gave her a bath. I heard him running the water but went back to sleep. I woke up when she was crying when he put her to bed. I'm not sure what time it was. I did my medicine then got ready to stay up with her. She went to sleep at 10:45 & I went back to bed. She woke up at 2:13 & it was so hard to get up. I thought Guy was fixing to but he just turned over. I'd asked him earlier if I could get him up if I needed to & he said yes. I got him up around 3:00 & at 4:00 he said he couldn't stay up any more. So I got up again. She finally went to sleep about 10 til 5:00. I was waiting to hear Guy's alarms & til after he started the shower to lay her down but it seemed like it was taking him a long time so I went ahead & put her down. He started the shower just as I got back to our room & I was afraid it would wake her up but it didn't. I went right back to sleep. I think I heard her around 7:?? but was waiting to see if she was really awake and the next time I heard her it was 8:33! I was surprised to say the least. She had an extremely messy diaper. She wouldn't take a morning nap & she barely slept an hour this aft. I hope she sleeps better tonight cause I don't know if any of us can take another night of this. I hate to let her just cry when she's sick but sometimes she just fights it so hard when I hold her & try to rock her. Part of the time she was wanting to climb down from my lap, I guess to play, but I wouldn't let her. I just let her sit in my lap, facing different directions til she finally would lay down. I just have a feeling she's got something. She hasn't taken good naps since the last time she had that viral infection three weeks ago. There's got to be some explanation for all this, even if it's just her tooth. The last of her first molars is still only halfway through. I tried putting some Anbesol on it last night but she wouldn't let me.

     Oh, I did tell the nurse that her stools had been soft that night & next morning & she said if she had diarrhea to put her on clear liquids only for 24 hrs. But her next diaper was normal so I just fed her as usual. She didn't poop any today since the one when she woke up.

     I was dizzy off & on all yesterday aft. & night tile I got up this morning. Guy said it was probably from lack of sleep.

     The orders for my Discovery Toys party came today. I got them all ready to sort out deliver at church Sun. I'm not giving Ez. all of hers at once. I gave her the stacking/nesting cups today. She played with them awhile a couple of times. She's not able to put them all together yet.

     I think I'll get ready for bed & hopefully get some sleep before she wakes up.