Putting Febreze to the true test

The germs continue to spread in our household. I didn't mention it in yesterday's blog about Noelle, but the day before, Caitlin had a horrible belly ache all afternoon and then ended up throwing up all over the inside of the van on the way home from the grocery store (Thank goodness for my hubby and his shop-vac!). She continued to feel bad for the rest of the evening. Fortunately, she woke up yesterday morning feeling fine.

Well, last night when I was putting Taylor to bed, I noticed she felt warm. I took her temp and sure enough she had a fever. She claimed to feel fine, though. She had mentioned feeling bad during supper and she didn't eat much, but that is pretty much a nightly occurrence with her, so I had thought nothing of it. I wasn't sure what to expect because she hadn't had a cold, so it didn't seem like an ear problem. Caitlin hadn't had a fever with her illness, so it didn't look to be heading in that direction. Well, I was wrong. She came downstairs about 3 a.m. and threw up all over the floor. This morning, she woke up with a fever over 104, the highest any of my kids have ever had. She drank some juice but didn't keep it down. I was worried about such a high fever so I called the doc. They assured me it was OK and gave me the usual run-down about keeping her hydrated, etc. After getting sick, she laid back down and now at 11:00 a.m., she is still sleeping. She still feels quite hot, not surprising since I'm sure the Tylenol came back up, too. Poor little thing, I can only think of one other time when she's ever thrown up. Caitlin's always been my puker. Obviously, we didn't make it to Bile Camp, where I am in charge of the Bible Stories station for the week.