This is what a sick M-Moo looks like.

Yesterday afternoon, M-Moo got a pillow down off the couch, lay her body down on the floor, and promptly fell asleep. Now understand, most days, M-Moo goes through this routine, only she lies on the floor for about 5 nanoseconds and then she's done. She gets back up and plays just like every other normal kid.

Only yesterday, she slept for about an hour on the floor, and then woke up with a raging fever.


After our home thermometer showed a fever of 102.7, I decided to take her in to the doctor, just to rule out anything serious before Christmas.


Thankfully, the doc says no pneumonia (I forgot to tell you about the hideously nasty, seriously scary cough -- but M-Moo always gets a cough like that) and the rapid-strep came back negative. Ears look mostly good, so we're just going to treat with Tylenol and Motrin to keep the fever under control, push fluids, use lots of vaporizers, Vicks on the bottom of her feet (yep, it works wonders for coughs), and hope she's better by tomorrow.

Sadly, she woke up from a nap today with a 104.0 fever, but it came down with Tylenol and Motrin, so AskDrSears.com says not to worry yet.