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Tru and Michael are both sick. Tru had a sinus infection several weeks ago that was cleared up quickly by a run of standard antibiotics, so when she got sick last week, displaying the same symptoms as in her previous illness, we thought it was the same thing. We took her to the doctor, who quickly prescribed the same treatment. After four days on the treatment with no improvement, we began to worry that she had something different. Yesterday morning, we awoke to find her sporting a 102 degree fever. It spiked to 103 just before the appointment we had scheduled earlier that morning. She has a virus, although its not the flu. We’ve been treating the fever with Tylenol, Motrin, cold bottles, and bare skin. Today her fever broke, got up to 103.4 again, and has since broken again. She was normal when she went to bed a few minutes ago. I sure hope it doesn’t come back overnight!

We think Michael has something different from Tru though, because he has no fever. He’s got aches, headache, congestion, and a sore throat. He stayed home from work the first half of today and may take the whole of tomorrow off.

Update: Tru had a fever of over 104.4 at 4AM this morning when I got up and checked on her. I gave her Tylenol and Motrin and put her back to bed. It was 101 at 5AM and 98 at 8AM.

Update: Tru got her fever back around lunchtime. She woke up from her nap at 4PM with hives all over her body, concentrated on her hands, hips, legs, and feet. Mike is taking her to the doctor right now. Pray that it is just a minor allergy or reaction to the virus!

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