103

She seemed like she was getting better this morning, and she had a temp of 98.  And... now she has a fever of 103 and has sacked out again.  Poor Pickle.

She also has a sand-papery rash on her cheeks.  As far as I can tell it hasn't spread farther than that though.  She's also incredibly fussy when she's awake.  Like more fussy than I've ever seen her.

Because fever + rash requires a note to return to daycare (and because I'm a bit on the fence as to whether she needs to be seen), I called the pediatrician's office.  They have this new "triaging" system where someone takes your call, and a nurse calls you back when she damn well feels like it shortly after.  So far, we've been waiting 2.5 hours for a call back.  When I called again (after pressing 1 so that they didn't hang up on me three times) they told me that there were high call volumes and a nurse would call me.  The person hung up on me before I could ask when, which is probably just as well since I'm sure she has no idea anyway. 

You know?  I really like our pediatrician a lot, but the rest of the office sucks. Every time this happens (and it's not the first time) I contemplate switching to private practice.  And then I don't because I like our doctor, and I feel he's worth it.

Still.

(Irritated) sigh.

Update: So we went to the dr, and he said that it looked like strep to him.  So now we're on a 10 day course of amox.  It was the combination of high fever, and sandpaper rash on the face which is not typical of parvovirus (though she did have a lacy rash on her trunk and extremities which is more typical of a virus).  And yes, had it been Fifth's the rash on her face should have been more red.  So I felt like I made a good call in taking her in!  Here's hoping she feels better soon!