The Tale of Two Weekends

It really seemed like we had two different weekends around here - in 2 days!
Saturday was completely normal! We ran a few errands, did chores around the house, planted flowers, and even split and replanted some of our day-lilies. The big excitement of the day was Emma getting to play in her new sandbox for the first time. Things started to go a little sideways Saturday night when we realized Miss Emma was starting to run a fever. At that point, we expected a normal Sunday with a trip to the Urgent Care center thrown in. A lot can change in 12 hours....
We fought Emma's fever all night and had a hard time keeping it below 102 even with regular doses of Motrin and rub downs with a wet wash cloth. We all did eventually fall asleep and missed a Motrin dose, when we woke up Emma felt like she was on fire and was running a fever of 104! We decided that waiting for the Urgent care center to open at 9 just wasn't going to cut it and we headed to the ER.
Once we saw the doctor we found out that Emma's ears and throat looked fine. He (the doctor) was concerned that it could be an UTI and wanted to run tests. Emma got scared at the idea of peeing in a cup and she couldn't make herself pee in the "hat" either, so the poor baby had to have a catheter. Thankfully we had a great nurse and she got it done quickly... then it was waiting on the test results. We were very glad to find out that Emma does NOT have an UTI. The verdict was that she has some sort of virus and the best thing we can do for her is manage the fever and keep her hydrated. If she's not better in a couple of days, we are supposed to call the pediatrician.
Once we got home, we all tried to get a little rest. Emma perked up for a while in the later afternoon and played really well. She seemed glad to go to bed, but was pretty restless all night. About 2 this morning we though she might be getting better, it seemed like the fever had broken. It was just taking a break though and came back about 4:45 this morning. Today will be a quiet, stay home day while Emma tries to fight her fever and we both try to recover from a restless night.