sigh

Casper is still sick. mr. flea is taking her to the doctor this morning. She runs a fever on and off - seems fine in the mornings, can suddenly get very hot in the afternoon or evening (102). Has night sweats that soak the bed and jammies. Coughs a lot in the night but not at all in the day - a phlegmy cough. I'd think anything bacterial would have a more consistent fever, so I don't know if there's anything they can do, but we'll see. She started coughing on Monday, and first had a fever Tuesday pm - a long time. On the plus side, she doesn't feel or act sick 85% of the time. On the minus side, fever means we can't send her to school.

It looks like with employer subsidy, our child care for 2 will be $1600 a month. Which is reasonable for 5-star center care in our market, but still a hell of a lot of money from the perspective of our family finances. It is basically mr. flea's current (grad student) salary. We've planned for this, and have money saved up so we can swing it for a year if necessary, but it's not fun. (Please let's finish the grad school phase and move on to the gainfully employed phase by summer.)

oops

Well, they think Casper has pneumonia. She had a chest x-ray and everything, and we have a prescription for Zithromax that should knock it right out; they say she should be well enough to get her flu shot (horse, meet barn door) on Saturday as scheduled.

I guess it's pretty mild AS PNEUMONIA GOES but I feel bad I let it go on this long thinking it was just a cold.