Unglued

I hate fevers. They scare the crap out of me. We have had our fair share of them in the past few days. Emily came down with a fever on Monday evening. She was pretty sick with a sore throat, headache, stomach ache and high fever. I was pretty sure it was the same virus that my nephew Keaton had on Sunday. She started feeling better yesterday afternoon and this morning she is fine.

Ava spiked a fever last night. I don't know if it is the virus or from her shots. I worry so much after vaccines. I automatically assume that we will be the one in a million that has severe complications. I convince myself that something terrible is going to happen. Logically, I know she will be fine, but once you have been the one in a million, statistics don't mean a whole lot. Luckily Matt is here to reason with me and understands my craziness. He is an expert at talking me down…

When the kids get sick I run through every worse case scenario and have to stop myself from taking them to the ER just in case it is meningitis or something equally as awful. I am sure it is some sort of post traumatic stress and probably somewhat normal after our experiences with Kevin.

I hope Ava feels better soon, she is cranky, feverish, and seems pretty miserable. And I know she is getting sick of me obsessively taking her temperature.