Raven and Mono

My poor Raven is on day 10 of being sick. It started on a Saturday when we went roller skating. She took a friend and Ryker took a friend. She complained of a stomachache all day and just wasn't herself. Then that sunday night she had a fever as well as the next morning. I knew there was a lot of flu going around and she didn't have much for cold symptoms so I didn't take her to the dr. That wednesday morning she still had a fever! I needed to get to work so jeff stayed home with her and took her to the dr. They just said she had a virus. I was a little mad they didn't do any bloodwork. They did do a throat culture and it was negative. The Dr. asked Jeff if I was a Dr. since he told her that I wanted blood work done! Seriously couldn't he have just said, "aren't you going to do blood work to rule things and see what type of virus she might have"? instead he used me as an excuse to get it done and then they wouldn't do!
I was concerned about what we were going to do for Thursday because I had a class I couldn't miss because there was no make up class till the end of April. Jeff had a consultant coming into work so he really needed to be there. I prayed she'd be fine. She woke up with NO fever! She was excited to go! The past several days because she puts the "high" in "high maintenance"! She could have a 102 degree temp one minute and be running around hyper with many needs the next minute.

We found out that she spend 1/2 the day in the nurses office. I felt so bad but they didn't call me because she wasn't running a fever. Well sure enough it came back that night and the next morning so Jeff stayed home with her again on Friday. She was much better Saturday.....

Back to last Saturday, I feel bad now because she stayed home with Grandma that evening so we could have an evening out with a friend for her birthday. Hope Grandma doesn't get anything! Sunday the fever was back. Monday morning I'm on the phone with the dr. office. Her throat really started hurting her that day and she wasn't as lively as she had been the previous week. Over the course of the past 3 days she has fallen asleep here and there for awhile which is sooooo not like her because usually she is so wound that she can't relax enough to take a nap. So I did my google research and got worried it was mono. Also because she had complained about her stomach. When we got to the Dr. office (and many hours before) she kept asking if she was getting shots, will they prick my finger, will they swab my throat again, and on and on. Poor girl just stresses herself out worrying about things. They did do all the above except give her a shot. She started feeling really bad after we left the office. We had to pick up Ryker and go to Grandma's to pick up the roast and veggies she made for us. She was not feeling well in the car and then fell asleep. Dr. Anderson called and she does have Mono. He said in these little ones the average time frame for feeling really ill is around 2 weeks. But he said that her liver and spleen are enlarged so she has to be careful about rough housing or contact sports. (she just does dance!) But now she is all freaked out about that cause her dad scared her when he said that her brother and sister can't wrestle with her or hit her in the stomach or she can bleed on the inside. I explained he's not the most tactful person in the world! :) But that she just needs to be careful. She has a ton of homework from school but hasn't been up to it at all. The past two days her poor throat has hurt so bad and she just sits in a daze on the couch. She has been drinking a lot and eating a little. She gets the chills and the sweats. I'm exhausted too! Of course after I get her situated last night, miss paisley decides to get up, which she never does! Then after she goes down, Raven is up again and her fever was 104.6! I've never seen that before so that freaked me out! I gave her motrin and got her to sleep. I kept checking on her and then googled a little to ease my mind which of course only made things worse and then there was no way I was going to sleep. I'll pay for it in a couple of days!
My dear Raven, I pray you start feeling better and the fevers go away so you can go back to school with your friends!