And the story continues....

Last night Ashlyn was MISERABLE! She didn't want to go to sleep in her bed. She wanted to be right by mommy and daddy. We let her sleep on the couch while we watched our Sunday night shows. I finally picked her up off of the couch at 10:00 and put her in her bed. She whined a little and the fell right off to sleep. I woke her up at midnight to give her another dose of Tylenol for her fever. I figured that she would take the medicine and then fall right back to sleep. Well I was WRONG! She took the medicine and then cried for what seemed to be an eternity. I got her up and calmed her down. She was BURNING UP with fever. Then I put her in the bed with me and Britt slept in the extra bedroom. Neither Ashlyn or myself got any sleep last night. She tossed and turned and moaned and groaned ALL NIGHT LONG! We took her to the doctor this morning. The doctor did another blood count. Her white blood cells were still down which meant that she still has a virus. And as you know there is NOTHING that you can do for a virus except to let it run it's course. The doctor was still a little concerned that she has had it for a week now and she hasn't gotten any better. He checked her ears, throat, lungs, heart, everything. Everything seemed to look ok other than her rash and the fever. He told us to take her home and continue doing what we are already doing. If she's not better by Thursday we are to bring her back to the doctor and he is going to have her admitted to the hospital to run all sorts of tests. Please just continue to pray for her! My nerves are shot! I'm sure that she'll be fine. I just keep having the "what if" questions run through my mind. It's just the worrying of a mother for her sick child. I'll make sure to keep you posted.