Ayden Jane is still on Augmentin for an upper respiratory infection. What happens to this kiddo when she is sick is a little crazy. Basically, she started the Augmentin on Monday after showing her telltale signs of illness the previous weekend after 2 weeks of congestion. Tuesday did not show much difference. Wednesday was a meltdown of epic proportions.
I got a call from the school nurse. She had Ayden Jane in her office complaining of a headache. Her temp was 99, ears looked good... I told her that she had been on antibiotic since Monday and I would be picking her up soon anyway (PT day) so just let her go back to class and I will get there. I arrived and peeked in the window. Ayden Jane was playing with some blocks and seemed fine. Once we cleaned up and grabbed her things I touched her. Holy cow she was roasting! Of course she had decided to wear a sweater and the weather turned hot... Didn't occur to her to take off the sweater!
We got home and I asked her to take off the sweater to cool off for a few minutes while she had a snack before PT. You would have thought that I shot her!! It was a fight I had to pick because she needed to cool down. She does not have temperature regulation issues typically (many kids with PWS do) but I think her body was just working so hard to fight off the infection and the added sweater on a 60+ degree day was just overheating her. She refused her snack and argued and cried for nearly an hour! Luckily it was a 90 day evaluation day which meant that mostly Jen and I just needed to chat. Eventually she ate a few bites and then fell sound asleep for 2 hours. When she woke up she was cool and fine...
She finished out the week gaining a bit of steam each day. Fast forward to today and she is a whole new kiddo! She dictated one of our super long walks and she was cracking me up the entire way. She was funny and conversational. I love when her wit shines through. When we got back I sat down and had a drink. She came over next to me and asked for a sip. I gave it to her and she informed me there wasn't much left.... That was a hint that she was going to finish it off. She asked what I was going to do if she didn't give it back. I said I would sit on her. She giggled and said that if I sat on her she would die and I didn't want her to be dead right? So I should go get my own darn drink out of the fridge. Ha! That was my own darn drink!
It is good to have her heading back to full steam.
I have to say, on the sad side, her belly is definitely distended. Her gut gets so stinking thrown off by the antibiotics but they will be done soon. Hopefully I can get that belly back on track soon.
I got a call from the school nurse. She had Ayden Jane in her office complaining of a headache. Her temp was 99, ears looked good... I told her that she had been on antibiotic since Monday and I would be picking her up soon anyway (PT day) so just let her go back to class and I will get there. I arrived and peeked in the window. Ayden Jane was playing with some blocks and seemed fine. Once we cleaned up and grabbed her things I touched her. Holy cow she was roasting! Of course she had decided to wear a sweater and the weather turned hot... Didn't occur to her to take off the sweater!
We got home and I asked her to take off the sweater to cool off for a few minutes while she had a snack before PT. You would have thought that I shot her!! It was a fight I had to pick because she needed to cool down. She does not have temperature regulation issues typically (many kids with PWS do) but I think her body was just working so hard to fight off the infection and the added sweater on a 60+ degree day was just overheating her. She refused her snack and argued and cried for nearly an hour! Luckily it was a 90 day evaluation day which meant that mostly Jen and I just needed to chat. Eventually she ate a few bites and then fell sound asleep for 2 hours. When she woke up she was cool and fine...
She finished out the week gaining a bit of steam each day. Fast forward to today and she is a whole new kiddo! She dictated one of our super long walks and she was cracking me up the entire way. She was funny and conversational. I love when her wit shines through. When we got back I sat down and had a drink. She came over next to me and asked for a sip. I gave it to her and she informed me there wasn't much left.... That was a hint that she was going to finish it off. She asked what I was going to do if she didn't give it back. I said I would sit on her. She giggled and said that if I sat on her she would die and I didn't want her to be dead right? So I should go get my own darn drink out of the fridge. Ha! That was my own darn drink!
It is good to have her heading back to full steam.
I have to say, on the sad side, her belly is definitely distended. Her gut gets so stinking thrown off by the antibiotics but they will be done soon. Hopefully I can get that belly back on track soon.
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