The 36 Hour headache

Oh, what a long dark hour of the soul we have been through these last few days.
You know, you'd think almost four years of fatherhood would have prepared me for this.
But I guess every now and then your body has to remind you who's really in charge.

So, without boring you with a long, blow by blow description, suffice it to say that on Monday a kind of mild lingering headache I'd noticed at some point during the day blossomed into a 101 degree fever and a humDINGER of a headache. And no amount of Tylenol or Ibuprofen had any effect. None.

Got home and found that Aidan had struck a similar temp, so I guess one of us gave it to the other.

And while the fever kind of came and went, the headache remained pretty constant for TWO FREAKIN' DAYS!

I'd have liked to put a drill bit through my forehead.

So today is Wednesday-- I've been out sick from work for two days-- and at 5:30pm tonight, I woke from a short nap and the headache was gone. Let the Chorus of Angels Sing! And so far (keep your fingers crossed) it's still gone.

Okay, so that was pretty much a blow by blow account...

So Aidan's fever broke sometime yesterday. When I went to the doctor today-- because, you know, the longest headache I've ever had has lasted about 30 minutes-- he reminded me that kids tend to get over these things much faster than adults do. He didn't seem to think it was any big deal-- once he'd ruled out Bacterial Menengitis, that is (!).

So I feel like I'm on the mend. We'll see how tonight goes.