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Calm Down, Mommy!

Graham has had a terrible time since Christmas with colds and ear infections. One Saturday he had a fever which I had been treating with Tylenol. Around 6:30PM, I gave him his bedtime dose. At 7:30, when I was taking him to bed, I realized his fever had not gone down at all. I took his temp and it was 104.7.

I totally freaked out, because I thought the medicine should have already worked - so what would it have been had I not given him the Tylenol??? Jason was working overtime, so I yelled to Carter and Hunter to get their shoes on and get in the car. I grabbed Grahams stuff, while frequently yelling to the boys to hurry up. The boys couldn't understand the urgency, so I unfortunatley stated something about thier baby brother's brain frying (awful, I know). Carter was ready to go, but watching me scurry about. He calmly stepped in front of me and said "Don't worry Mom, Graham is acting normally. I don't think its really that bad."

Ha! Reality check. I don't need anxiety medicine...I have Carter.

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ME! said…
I could have used a Carter a few weeks ago. :) This is hilarious.
March 12, 2010 at 11:01 PM
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