Sick middle man

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My mother's day began at about, oh, 2 AM, when Emmett woke me up because he didn't feel good. Sure enough, he had a fever. I gave him Motrin, a drink, tucked him back in and after a few more getting ups and tucking him back in he finally fells asleep.

Emmett is REALLY due to be sick. It's been a LONG time since he's been sick. He was the only one of the kiddos to avoid the hospital last month and he didn't even get the pukie/diarrhea bug that Owen and Henry had a few weeks ago. In fact, it's been since January that he's been sick (at the time w/ strep throat and the GI bug that ran through our whole family). So, he's due. Overdue.

But, as most of you know, fever is always a cause for concern w/ Emmett. It's been 2 years since he's had a grand mal seizure and 1 year since he had a partial complex seizure, but I can hear his neurologist's voice in my head as she says, "Just because it's been a LONG time in between seizures does NOT mean that he won't have another. He could have a seizure w/ any illness up to age of 6." He's close to 6. But not quite there yet. So, I'm slightly nervous and feeding him lots of Motrin and Tylenol (as his temperature peaked this afternoon at 102.5) in a futile effort to prevent a seizure.

I'll take him to the doctor tomorrow. I think it might be strep. Not a bad thing (unless it turns into a deep space tissue neck infection) because it's easily treated and unlikely to cause a seizure (viruses are usually the culprit). Fingers crossed for an uneventful, seizure free evening.