If it's not one, it's another

I should learn to live with this fact!

Crannie was not feeling well this morning, but was almost 90% by the time her "rest time" came around at 1pm. In fact, I was quite convinced she was back to normal because she didn't take a nap for the first time in 3 days, which is more like her! She played with her Potato Heads and was singing Mexican kid's songs to them in her room. Her diarrhea has continued throughout the day, but she hadn't thrown up or had a fever.

I took them to feed the ducks this afternoon and to the playground. They need their fresh air. We took them for a little bit yesterday too, and it really seemed to do them some good, even if only for half an hour. But, she was having a blast today (bundled up from head to toe) with Faith-y and running from the geese. They watched a little of "Lady and the Tramp 2" when we got back, and it was then that I noticed that Maddie had her back turned to us and her face towards the couch. She told me her head hurt when I asked her what was wrong. That's about the 5th time now she has said that since yesterday. I knew it was time for their Tylenol since it was 5:30pm, and I'd been trying to give it to them every 4 hours just to prevent their fevers rather than chase the symptoms once they appeared. She started crying hysterically that she was "shivery" and I took her temperature. It was 100.6. I had planned on giving her a warm bath with Faith after dinner, but I figured it might not be a good idea to have wet hair then and have to get out from the warm water to the cool air. 

She asked to go to bed at 6pm. She wanted her cozies, and she passed out within a minute on the couch. We ate dinner with only one little girl at the table, a very unsettling feeling.

I don't think I would worry so much if it weren't for these darn fevers that don't seem to want to decrease. Not to mention, the headaches and she also had a bizarre symptom this morning. I noticed her right eye wasn't tracking me when I would talk to her this morning. That was concerning to me, although I'm sure it could be that she was totally out of it this morning. Needless to say, I will be calling their doctor tomorrow if things don't change. I feel awful that she and Faith are still feeling so crappy.

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On a much brighter note, Cran has had some eventful weeks lately. She had SO much fun with her Cheese Mouse, Guero, and all the "beautiful ladies with blondish hair, Momma." Hahaha. She asks about them constantly, and is insistent that she can now speak a "smidge of Spanish." 

She had a blast at Sesame for Faith-y's birthday, and also at Chuck E Cheese. She has requested now that we spend her birthday at Chocolate World. I think it will work out perfectly since they are having a Sesame Live show up in Hershey right around her birthday. She tells me constantly that she doesn't want to be 4, doesn't want to grow up, and always wants to be "your little Crannie." I tell her, "Maddie, you will be our little Crannie even when you're 83!" She responds with, "Mommmmmmma! I don't want to be 83!!!!!!! EVER!" I think I need to stop telling her all the time that I like them so little and don't want them to get older, because she takes it all to heart! Yet, at the same time, I'm glad she's like that and appreciates her childhood!

This little woman is so very dedicated to her new baby brother/sister. She is constantly worried about the baby and asking me if I am ok, and if anything I just did hurt the baby (I had to get their Playmobil bin out of the very bottom of Maddie's closet today and she was so worried about any effects on the baby). She asks me al the time when she'll be able to feel the baby kick, so that will be something really neat to share with her when the day comes.