Mondells in Minneapolis: Go Away Sickness!!!

This was the week of high maintenance Maci, poor girl. She seemed to have a small cough on Sunday when we were at the zoo but it was nothing major. Maci was a trooper through daddy's birthday on Monday and was still doing ok when he left to DC on Tuesday for work. However, I got the dreaded daycare call on Wednesday during my late morning saying that she had a 101 fever and I had to come get her. We got into the Dr same day around 2p and her lungs sounded fine, ears looked good and strep was negative so the Dr assumed it was viral, meaning it just needs to run its course. She stayed home with mom on Thursday since Clint was in DC and she couldn't go back to daycare until 24 hours since the temp hit. I was able to work from home and fortunately since lil lady didn't feel well, she napped 3 separate times and went to bed around 6p! Poor Girl!! She seemed herself on Friday and thankfully Clint got back home late Thursday evening. We all went to bed fairly early since Clint and I are starting to have a cold as well. Then Saturday hit and Maci girl was just NOT herself :( she was fussy through her entire gym class. . . we didn't even do breakfast with friends. She did ok during our grocery trip but then napped for about 2 hours on me, which I didn't mind ;-) (The only good thing about a sick toddler is the extra cuddle time) She still wasn't running any temp and was just dealing with a cold so we went to our friend Gena/Vinny's house for dinner/hangout with friends. Maci was herself again playing with all her friends but wouldn't eat much more than her cheerios/applesauce and milk (odd). We got home around her normal bedtime and then today she woke up OFF again! Today was far worse =( We had brunch plans with our friends Trip/Lori to have a belated birthday celebration for Clint. Maci who usually LOVES breakfast out was sitting in her highchair just whining and dazing off into the distance. She ended up spending the entire meal laying on daddy's shoulder. I went home afterward to let her nap while Clint/Trip/Lori did virtual golf at Bunkers. Maci continued to nap off and on and today would only eat liquids (applesauce, milk, yogurt etc) She napped right through our will party (long story but really neat idea) with friends from 3-5p. Afterward, we took a quick nap since we were in the 60s again today!!! We thought the fresh air and Vitamin D may do her good. It did help because the temp is fully gone and after a bath she was in bed by 6p. If poor girl wakes up the same way again tomorrow, Clint is going to take her back to the Dr to see if there aren't more answers or meds we can get for her to feel better. Please say some prayers that our house rids this crud sometime soon, especially in our poor baby!

Lots of Love,
C, K & M

Finger painting and still feeling fine (Tuesday)