Louisa and I returned from DC last week Wednesday and Nate returned from China on Thursday. While we were all happy to be reunited, we were disappointed to realize that Louisa was not her normal self. On Saturday night we used our digital thermometer for the first time and quickly consulted the American Academy of Pediatrics book to figure out that magic cutoff for consulting the doctor. Tricky: if it's over 103, call the doctor, but also consider other symptoms. Well, hers was 103.2 but she didn't have any other symptoms. Long story short, the fever came down on Sunday but she was tired, cranky and spotted until Tuesday when I finally took her to the doctor. The verdict? Roseola. Nothing serious and no treatment needed.
The GREAT news is that today she was finally, absolutely back to her normal, funny, happy self. The one AWESOME "side effect" that has stuck around is that she goes down without a cry at naps and at bedtime. Nice work Loubear!
To celebrate normal life with a toddler, we went to Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in San Jose. Fun! As the name implies, it's a park (with play structures, picnic areas and carnival rides) and a zoo (with interesting animals like lemurs and capybaras). I didn't blog about our trip to Half Moon Bay on Sunday, but the highlight was Louisa touching a "wild" starfish. She stayed true to her wild side today - eagerly touching a python and a small tortoise. Way more daring than her mother. Speaking of her mother, I have something in common with the goat pictured below: I'm pregnant!
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| I'm not sure why Lou's hair is so crazy, I guess the cars were faster than I thought? |
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| The python Lou touched |
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| Plums from the neighbor for dessert |
Congrats on the news - and I've never seen a pregnant goat before, so thanks for the little educational lesson in there too :).
ReplyDeleteWow! Congratulations! When are you due???
ReplyDeleteYay baby #2! Congrats you two!
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