104.1 Fever...Still Smiling

What a day! We woke up early to prepare for playgroup at our house, ten friends were coming over and I had to get the French toast casserole in the oven. This meant I had to actually set an alarm to wake up on time. Thankfully, I didn't need the alarm and woke up early on my own. And so did Finley, which is really rare, since she usually enjoys sleeping in. While I was changing her into her dress she told me her room was windy and cold. I figured the A/C had been on too high for the night and maybe we needed to re-direct the vent again. We got ready for playgroup and the chaos began. Ten toddlers sure can have some fun in two hours. Finley was pretty whiny, which was odd, normally she is all about playing with her friends. At 12:30 pm, she asked to go down for a nap. Now this is really strange, normally she likes to stay up until at least 2 pm. I figured it was because she was up so early this morning and she went right to sleep. When I got her up from nap, her little body was hot to the touch. I took her temperature: 104.1. Poor Bug! I got the ear thermometer and took it with that, it was 103.7. I gave her some Children's Tylenol and got her some juice to try and get her hydrated. She promptly threw up the juice all over her blanket while I was on the phone with the doctor's office. They told me to come in right away. I raced to the office and Finley was acting so normal and happy. I snapped this picture in the waiting room. Our pedi said a virus is going around and said to just keep adminstering Tylenol and Motrin. As long as she keeps acting "sweet and happy," there is nothing to worry about. Phew. What a rough day. And I feel so terrible that we have potentially gotten ten friends sick.