The Quiet Mouse is Sick

I've become accustomed to Reagan's moods, and I can sense when something isn't quite right. Yesterday morning, she complained about her throat hurting, so I took her temperature and it was normal. After breakfast, she seemed fine and wanted to go to preschool so I let her. (If I kept her home every time she had an ache or pain, she would NEVER go.) When I picked her up in the afternoon, she was playing and was pretty energetic, but she mentioned that her throat hurt again. I made her some hot cocoa, which seemed to help. She wanted to go ahead with our plans to go to an afternoon story time at the library and then on to church. I was skeptical that this was the best approach, but I didn't want to deny her fun or have her get behind schedule on her Scripture memorization at Cubbies.

I had to be at church early, so we went through a drive-through and got her some chicken nuggets and french fries--not exactly the dinner of champions, but one that she usually eats pretty well. (On the way to church, she also complained about being cold--and I was roasting!) I sat her at the conference table in the church office to eat while I had my meeting (Tracy, one of the other praise team members, kept her company). When it was time for her to go to Cubbies, she had only eaten a few french fries...that's when I really had the feeling she was coming down with something.

When I picked her up after Cubbies, her leader said she didn't eat the snack she was offerred (ice cream!) and she had been pretty quiet that evening, keeping to herself. She didn't even speak to me. I had to go back into rehearsal, and she wouldn't speak to any of the praise team. My little social butterfly was being totally silent! She didn't feel warm to me, but I was quite sure she was sick.

At home, she had a fever (around 100 or so). Today she is home watching "a million of movies," as she likes to do when she's sick. She's still complaining about a sore throat and has a slight fever, but she seems to have rallied a bit. Hopefully it's just a virus and will pass soon. If not, we'll be visiting Dr. Lee in the next couple of days.