Sharing Toys & Germs

Apparently there has been a lot of sharing of germs at daycare.  Miles' teacher said that 2 tested positive for the flu, 6 were out, and 3 were sent home with fevers....and that was just today.  Miles crawled in our bed around 4am and he was burning up.  We try to let his fever fight off the sickness without Motrin or Tylenol as long as he doesn't seem to be hurting.  He laid in our bed and tossed & turned....and asked for water, milk, a tissue....all on separate occasions.  I finally decided he needed some medicine to help with the restlessness.  He took some Motrin and fell asleep.

He woke up full of energy and has been going strong all day with the exception of a lengthy nap.  Darrin still took him to the doctor this afternoon.  I just knew if we didn't that he would start running a fever again tonight.  I didn't want to risk it with Thanksgiving.  Dr. Bates said everything looked okay, so once again we just have to wait out the virus.  He's still doing fine tonight.  Fingers crossed, we've already gotten through the worst of it.

While we were there, we thought we'd make the most of our copay.  Miles has been sleeping in underwear for around nine months.  From the beginning, he's done really well.  And, was even perfect for two months in a row.  Then, in the last two weeks, he's had five accidents at night.  I know he's still young, but given his track record, it seemed unusual.  They did a urine test today to check for a bladder infection and diabetes, which also causes bed wetting.  Diabetes runs in Darrin's family, so we specifically asked for them to check that.  The test showed no sign of an infection but did show some sugar.  So, they followed that test up with a blood test, which came back normal.  He hasn't had an accident in several days, but I'm still glad we checked it out.

Tonight we introduced the idea of giving some of Miles' toys to boys & girls who need them.  His first comment was, "I don't want to give up my castle."  We reassured him that he didn't have to, and that he could pick out a few things that he thought would be nice to give away.  He seemed excited and immediately started looking. He came up with several from his playroom...

....and a few from his bedroom...

Then, he told me to wait in his room while he went to get something.  He came back with Green Lantern...

What a sweet gesture.  He loves Green Lantern.  There were several surprises in the group.  His very first pick was his Diego jeep & accessories.  We actually bought it at a yard sale for $1 and he has played with it so much.  Why do we spend so much money on expensive toys when they are just as happy with Green Lantern from a Happy Meal and Diego from a yard sale?  So....lots of sharing going on.  We hope the toys are better received than Miles' virus.