102 and feeling blue

If 99 is feeling fine, 102 is definitely not - fever, that is. How did I forget what happens when any child starts a new school? New friends, new playthings, and new germs. Predictably, Sabrina is bright-eyed and feverish, with a pounding headache. I don't recognize this virus so we're off to the doctor this afternoon. And she's definitely not going to school today.

She's watching movies, with the help of Tylenol and Motrin (alternating). It makes me realize how lucky we are to have medicine that helps, and yet how little we know. 100 years ago I would have been completely without the tools I now have to help her feel better. Wonder what life will be like in another 100 years?

Crossing fingers that the rest of the family doesn't get this one... we honestly don't have time to get sick this week. Illness, of course, does not wait for a convenient time.