Under the weather again - health update

A few people have emailed asking for an update on little Syl's health - thanks for the concern!

After a miserable Sunday, post-party (fever, lethargy, the runs, lots of couch time with Barney and Big Bird) Melissa brought Sylvie to the doc's Monday morning. Turned out that in addition to a slight stomach bug, the poor kid had strep throat! That's the flip-side of her fantastic disposition; it's really hard to tell when she's truly uncomfortable, because she remains so generally agreeable.

Anyhow, the doc put her on an antibiotic and prescribed the BRAT diet (Bananas, Rice, Apples, Toast) for her belly, and suggested that we advise "anyone Sylvie has had contact with over the past few days" of her strep. Sigh. Ordinarily that would mean a call to day care. In this case, it meant an email to over 100 people!

We've since come to find out that a couple of Sylvie's classmates came down with strep last week, so at least it didn't originate at our house. We have not yet heard of any new cases amongst our party guests. Hopefully the fact that most of the interaction happened outside will minimize the spread. Of course, the fact that Sylvie was a serial sippy-cup stealer all day on Saturday probably did not help matters.

Anyhow, yesterday she was feeling *much* better - both the fever and the stomach issues had abated. Melissa reports that she's better still today.

Thanks again for the concern.