A Sleepy Morning

Amy has been writing the blog entries for days and now it is my turn. After Katie's 4am night the night before and her trip to the hospital last night, she is quietly recuperating in her bed right now, still soundly asleep. It is 9:45am.

I woke her up a couple of times during the night to check her temperature and change her diaper, but she fell back to sleep very quickly each time. The most recent temperature check was a lovely 97.7 degrees which is very close to normal for her.

She hasn't had any Tylenol since 5am and will not get any more for the rest of the day. Fletcher Allen called a little while ago to check on her and to tell me not to give her any more Tylenol. The doctors want to see how her body is responding this morning without the intervention of any drugs that would suppress a rise in temperature.

When one of my children sleeps this long, I start to get worried. I sneak into the room and watch their chests rise and fall to make sure they are breathing. I gently touch a forehead to check for fever. And when I can't take it any more, I sometimes even wake them up a little just to check their level of coherence. I am not worried about Katie yet because she was very aware of her surroundings when I last woke her up to take her temperature. She told me that she wanted to go back to sleep and she rolled her head so I could check her temperature in both ears. She then grabbed her blanket, snuggled in and closed her eyes tight. I quietly left the room--happy to see her resting peacefully.