I have been having off and on fevers for a while now. I usually run in the high 96s, so high 98 and above are fevers for me. Well I was running low 98s, so I didn't really think much of it. But around the same time, my headaches and pain in my head were getting significantly worse (I just didn't connect it all at the time.)
I had an appointment last week and they did my vitals, as usual, and my temp had raised into the mid-high 99s. So I scheduled an appointment with my regular pediatrician after my headaches were getting out of control and rising fevers.
She said some symptoms led her to thinking a sinus infection, but without any congestion or any symptoms besides these high intensity headaches, she wasn't sure what it was yet. Some type of infection, something going on inside my head, etc.. and started some antibiotics in hope that whatever this was would go away.
It's been a few days on the antibiotics and wasn't noticing too much of a difference first, my fevers aren't still rising, nor as high as they were, but not quite back down to baseline yet. My headaches haven't really noticed a change (except for today.. and I'll get to that in a second..) and still seem to be struggling.
So today was my graduation party (thanks to all who came!) I had a particularly rough day yesterday and was nervous about the party today, just with needing a lot of energy and being able to tolerate everything including the noise. I woke up this morning and felt better than yesterday. All in all, I had a great time at my party and for the most part was feeling really good and some of the issues that were still bothering me, were easily hidden and put on the back-burner for today!
I'm hoping since today was a good day headache wise that maybe the meds are taking care of it. Hoping that they keep getting a little better and at least go back to my normal pain. My mom made some delicious food for today and tried to enjoy as much as I could tolerate! My good day is quickly coming to an end as my body is not liking the fact that I ate any food today, or for that matter, not even liking the fact that I drank anything.
However, these days will come and these days will pass.
Strength to endure the pain. Wisdom to think things through. Courage to face the fears.