Sick Little Girl

You think you had a bad night? Josephine seems to have picked up a bad cold after a very fun and hectic trip to Chapel Hill. It's unclear where she may have picked up enough bacteria to induce a runny nose, cough and high fever, though we suspect the Burger King across from King's Dominion we stopped at for a bathroom break on our way home. Now, no one can say I have ever had a bad thing to say about the King (see embarrassingly gluttonous Whopper snacks after high school). But we literally took one step into this particular establishment and I could feel the mold and germs cling to my ankles. Five minutes, I'm sure, was enough for the feisty bacteria to invade poor Josephine's system.

So last night at 1 a.m., Jospehine's mom drove her to Children's Hospital where she says they were very attentive and took great care to treat our little girl. Just the same, it wasn't until 6:30 a.m. that mother and daughter finally arrived home.

I stayed up from the point they had left for the emergency room waiting for a call with an update on Jospehine's condition. To pass the time, I first watched some late night cable movies ("Flight of the Phoenix," "Sin City" and Keith Carradine, I think, as Woody Guthrie in a film whose name escapes me). At 4 a.m., I then turned to lousy local news which I watched with a bizarre paranoia brought on by stress and sleep deprivation -- "And a young mother and her daughter were in a car accident on the way to ..." Ugh.

Of course, both made it home fine. Josephine is already showing signs of improvements -- her fever is down considerably (though still there). She's been in good spirits, very smiley and kicky, and has a good appetite. Probably the worst part of all of this for her would be the humiliation of having her temperature taken every couple of hours.

Quick mention
Someone should ask the decision-maker at the Wednesday Mom' Movie Club in Silver Spring. It was bizarre enough that they opted to offer "Mission Impossible III" for a small gathering of moms and would-be napping infants, but this week they really thought the perfect film to offer new moms would be ... "The Omen." I kid you not. See Questionable Decision Skills