Kate had heatstroke from the Oak Street party we attended Saturday afternoon. She fell asleep in the car on the way home and when I took her out of the seat, noticed how incredibly hot she was… without any sign of sweat. I freaked out in the appropriate manner, woke her to nurse, and applied cool cloths. Once her temp was controlled and she was happy torturing Will with sloppy zerbers, I figured it was all behind us.
Until it happen again an hour later. Repeat performance.
And then again, when I checked on her at 1:30am. This was the point that I woke up Paul to worry with me.
“Paul, can you check the web for what symptoms we should be looking for when a child has meningitis? Look up heatstroke, too, maybe it is normal for her temp to keep coming back? She’s making wet diapers and is nursing fine, so shouldn’t her body temperature be okay now that she is hydrated? Yes, her eyes still look a bit sunken. Should we take her to Children’s just in case? Maybe we should put her back in the shower again. I’m very worried because her temperature is so strange and seems so high. Can you look it up and tell me what you think?”
While he was looking, I feel asleep with Kate nursing beside me. When I woke up with the alarm at 4:30, Kate was fine, sleeping soundly beside me. We got up and got ready for the trip.
Crisis averted due to Mother’s extreme exhaustion.
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