Fixing the Car

Sickness has struck our household again. We were pleasantly surprised that we had the first weekend of the year without anyone being sick, then Sunday afternoon Joseph developed a fever again. Early this morning, his fever rose to 103.6 so I made an appointment as soon as the doctor's office opened. Joseph has had a fever for on-and-off for a month now. This was his 4th trip to the Dr. since January 18th. I gave the Dr. a review of his symptoms, medications, and fever highs and lows. He listened and said that he didn't think he had the same infection the entire time. The illness began with a fever virus, next a swollen lymph node in his neck, and then later a respiratory infection with coughing. Now, he has double ear infections. He has been such a tough boy through it all and has played when his fever went down. Today he wanted to go outside to ride in his car so I thought it was good for him to get some sun. The ground was still pretty wet from the snow so he was having a hard time getting traction. He did everything he could do to "fix" his car. After awhile he grew tired and was ready to go inside to sit on the couch.