In other happenings we have the cold bug or something going through our house. Sarah got it first and it has spread from Daniel and now Josh has it. I have a very mild form which is more of a nuisance than anything. Daniel had some gastrointestinal symptoms accompany his, but Josh just has a runny nose and mild cough. The concerning thing is Josh has a super high fever 104.5. I can get it down to 100 degrees with Tylenol and Motrin, but that's as low as it goes. It is doubly hard because a side effect of his seizure medications are he doesn't sweat. That means that when his fever breaks he has a hard time cooling himself off. I have resorted to dousing his clothes with water, but it is a little uncomfortable for him. I hate to take him to the doctor because we can't get in to his regular doctor for a few days and I don't want to go to someone else because we have had too many run ins with stupid practitioners that don't know his history. I also hate to wait for the appointment just to be told it's a virus which most likely what it is. The scary thing is that a high fever is what gave Josh his first Grand Mal seizure at 18 months old. At first we thought was just a febrile seizure, but the seizures never stopped until he was started on seizure medication after a suspect EEG and diagnosed with epilepsy. I get nervous because every time Josh gets a fever, which thankfully isn't very often, he gets really twitchy and jerky to the lightest touch. We haven't had a seizure with this "cold" or whatever it is, yet and I am hoping we don't have a problem, but you never know. Hopefully, it will pass soon. In the meanwhile everyone is sleeping upstairs so I can keep an eye on them just in case.
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I hope everyone gets feeling better. That is scary with Josh. I hope it passes soon without any trouble.
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