Gavin is sick again. The dayhome called yesterday afternoon to say he had a fever and was pretty lethargic. Murray was able to pick him up and I left work early and met them at the clinic. Murray went home to make supper while I waited...and waited...and waited. I think I was there for almost two hours and Murray was there for at least 1/2 hour before I got there.
At one point Gavin started acting like his old self. His fever seemed to be going down and I seriously contemplated taking him home. I thought that most sane parents would have taken their child home, seen if the fever progressed and then taken him to the clinic, but for whatever reason Murray and I panicked and took him in right away. There was one huge reason why I chose to stay and it had little to do with Gavin's health:
Daycare Clearance.
Basically I decided to wait it out so that the next morning when I dropped him off at the dayhome again I could tell her that he had been to the dr. and the dr. said that everything is fine so she doesn't have to worry and he shouldn't contaminate the other kids. Then I felt awful because my main concern wasn't whether or not Gavin was sick, but whether or not I would be able to take him to the dayhome.
As it turns out he has an ear infection and woke up in the middle of the night last night with a crazy fever so I stayed home anyway and I didn't think twice about it. We read stories for most of the morning and had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for lunch and now he's having a nap. If it wouldn't suck so much for him, I'd wish that he'd have sick days more often.
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