Sick Carter

Carter has been sick for a few weeks now. I can't remember when his runny nose started (about 2 week ago, mabye?), but it seems like he's had it forever. Then he picked up Mary Grace's cough last week. At least he pretty much only coughs at night and it doesn't keep him awake.

Yesterday though Carter woke up with a fever. He had slept terrible during the night. I didn't check on him though because he wasn't upset - he just kept talking about every 20 minutes. I didn't want to wake him up more, but I probably should have checked on him. He was burning up with red cheeks when he got up in the morning. His fever was 101.5F.

I knew Carter would have a rough day if we stayed home all day so my dad and I took the kids to a playground for a little bit. Carter fell asleep on the way there but when I woke him up and he saw the playground, he perked up and started saying "ooohhh, ooohhh!"


We stayed about 45 minutes and it was Carter that decided it was time to go. He just started walking to the car. It was weird.

After lunch and a little playing, Carter took a 4 hour nap!!! He was exhausted! But he woke up in a good mood with lots of energy.

We decided to grill hamburgers for dinner, eat outside, and play in the backyard.



We had lots of fun enjoying my dad's last day with us (he'll be back for a couple of days next week when he heads back from Milwaukee).

Carter slept better last night but still had a bit of a fever today (it was just over 100F before bed tonight). He was supposed to get his flu shot today but we had to cancel because of his fever. Our pediatrician's office filled up their schedule for flu shots fast. I had made the original appointment on Tuesday and when I called today to reschedule, the earliest I could get in is the end of October! I may call the health department tomorrow and try to get Carter in their instead.