Nicholas' fever broke (and we aren't going to try to fix it . . . sorry, I am channeling Joe) overnight. He is still a little off and cranky, but feeling much better.
The culprit of his fever and sore throat? The doctor said yesterday it was a virus. I, even with my 0 years of medical training, think he was wrong and the true culprit was the two teeth that this morning were visibly starting to come through.
Our pediatrician (and apparently his partners, since we saw a different doctor in the practice yesterday) vehemently insists that teething doesn't have any side effects other than pain. Having now watched Nicholas get 14 teeth, I think that is a load of bull. Normally Nicholas gets congested and a gagging cough. Once he got a rash. This time he got a fever and sore throat. Each time teeth were coming through he felt bad in some other way. And there have been only 2 or 3 times that he seemed sick when no teeth emerged within a couple days and each of those times he was very obviously sick, with a whole set of symptoms that go together or something diagnosable.
Anyway, Nicholas is feeling better, and that is the most important thing. He has traded his Motrin for some orajel and is now able to deal with the world. Well, at least mostly.
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