It's 5:15 as I write this. Victoria is in my lap, her capacity for sleep robbed by fever. This is day four of this fever, which means her fourth day without food or rest. I could place a small to mid-sized car in the bags under her eyes. As I type, she mostly sits here, glassy-eyed, head tucked under my chin, wetting it with her sweat. The rest of the time she swipes at the keyboard, hoping that one of the keys she presses just might play the Kitty Cat Dance. This is the first fever Victoria has had in almost a year but she's skillfully hidden any nervousness or uncertainty about it behind a brave curtain of crying.
It is now 6:15. It took the two of us an hour to write that last paragraph. I'll give up now and let Victoria finish out the post. Then we'll dance dance dance and we'll dance dance dance. j,g.fh,lj;oiufdgn mbjhkik,ddddfddddfdddddddcd mh8i7i7yvn cfxxvxx
I hope that she feels better soon! I am thinking of you all. by the way, that beach day sounded fabulous. we sure miss that here in the middle.
Posted by: susannah | September 06, 2007 at 07:41 AM
I hope she feels better soon and that you can get some rest! I dread the season changes and the sickness that comes with it. Soldier on Brave The Dad!
Posted by: Kori | September 06, 2007 at 09:12 AM
darn~ i should have gotten online earlier then to read your blog as my friend finn has decided that his wake-up time is 4-4:30am these days. if only he didn't sleep in the room with his two brothers who just started kindergarten & definitely need their sleep, we might let him hang in his crib by himself instead of rushing in to grab him before we have three miserable boys...
hope everyone gets well (& some sleep)
Posted by: sara | September 06, 2007 at 09:54 AM
The Dad,
I feel your pain! Your goddaughter (for those who don't know, she's the one featured in the current masthead) has, in the last 3 weeks, had a sinus infection, an ear infection, taken nasty antibiotics, suffered thru lovely side-effects of antibiotics, and gotten a virus that causes fever, sore throat, loss of sleep (most notably at 1, 3, and 4 in the morning.)
Ugggghhhhhh!
Posted by: The Godfather | September 06, 2007 at 03:30 PM
Hope she gets well fast for you. I am dreading the first BIG fever we get.
Good luck, you're doing a great job.
Posted by: Veronica | September 07, 2007 at 05:45 AM