Letters to Joseph-February Addendum
Feb 26
Dear Joseph,
Feb 26
Dear Joseph,
First off, I should mention that at the time of your flu that I'm about to tell you about, you couldn't sit up on your own...this photo is just to demonstrate how grumpy you were. Not intolerably grumpy, just expectedly slighltly grumpy. But now, since you are feeling so much better, you are happy go lucky and can sit up for a long time by yourself...you must feel a renewed vigor! So...
In February, you got your first real fever. You had a touch of the flu. It all started when we were at Alex and Brianna’s wedding. We were having all kinds of fun dancing around with you, when we began to realize that you were shaking a little. This FREAKED us out and then we realized that you had the chills and were getting a fever. So I sat down and nursed you…this was a trick because I had a formal dress on, and then you threw up on that dress. Your Dad says I panicked a little at this point, but really I just wanted to take you home right that minute. So we got into the Mercedes (I mention this because it is nice and shakey since it’s old and it puts you right to sleep) and I sat in the back with you and held your hand until we got home.
You had a fever all the next day and I think I took your temperature every 15 minutes…I know I’m a freak. We put a cool cloth on your forehead and your fever was at about 100-101 degrees. It did get up to 101.5 at which point I called the consulting nurse. She said that I shouldn’t give you baby Tylenol until it got to 102, but I ignored her and gave it to you anyway. You felt better and we almost all better by the next day. THEN, your Dad got the flu from you…HE had a 102 temp for 2 days and had it much worse than you. I felt like friggin Florence Nightengale around here for a while there!
Here’s to the Spring and some warmer weather!
Love, Mom
In February, you got your first real fever. You had a touch of the flu. It all started when we were at Alex and Brianna’s wedding. We were having all kinds of fun dancing around with you, when we began to realize that you were shaking a little. This FREAKED us out and then we realized that you had the chills and were getting a fever. So I sat down and nursed you…this was a trick because I had a formal dress on, and then you threw up on that dress. Your Dad says I panicked a little at this point, but really I just wanted to take you home right that minute. So we got into the Mercedes (I mention this because it is nice and shakey since it’s old and it puts you right to sleep) and I sat in the back with you and held your hand until we got home.
You had a fever all the next day and I think I took your temperature every 15 minutes…I know I’m a freak. We put a cool cloth on your forehead and your fever was at about 100-101 degrees. It did get up to 101.5 at which point I called the consulting nurse. She said that I shouldn’t give you baby Tylenol until it got to 102, but I ignored her and gave it to you anyway. You felt better and we almost all better by the next day. THEN, your Dad got the flu from you…HE had a 102 temp for 2 days and had it much worse than you. I felt like friggin Florence Nightengale around here for a while there!
Here’s to the Spring and some warmer weather!
Love, Mom
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