Fevers gone, woohoo! New rash, d'oh!

Mina Brigitta's fever broke this afternoon. After five days of fevers between 100 and 104, she broke into a sweat during an early afternoon nap and woke up with a temperature of 97. No sign of fevers since.

Unfortunately, she has a new rash on her legs, mostly, and a little on her arms. Little red dots. We were terrified it was going to be chicken pox, but the dermatologist thinks it looks more like bug bites. We don't have bugs in our house (except for those pesky Argentine ants we can't get rid of), but she did play in the sand on Wednesday. Apparently there are biting bugs in normal playground sand, and the bites occasionally show up like this on immuno-suppressed people. They're going to watch it over the next few days to see if anything changes. We're relieved, of course, but still a bit worried.

The other news is that M-B will have surgery tomorrow for a Broviac cathether placement. They had planned to do it Saturday, but put it off because of her RSV. Now that it appears to be clearing up, they feel safe in proceeding with the surgery. This means no food or drink until they bring her in, which might not be until late afternoon. Ugh. Not that she's had much interest in food, but she's been drinking plenty of juice. She'll wake up cranky and sore. On top of all that, Auntie Teri's leaving tomorrow. It's going to be a downer of a day.