First Post-Treatment Fever

The day I have dreaded has finally arrived...Catherine's first fever post-treatment. I know it's that time of the year and just about every kid around town is sick, but it is still worrying me. We are now on Day 2 of the fever and I made my obligatory first call to Dr. Joe's office. Dr. Farzana was there today and she told us to go to the pediatrician, so off we went. Today we saw Dr. Shenoy who is relatively new to the practice and hasn't really experienced all that there is to experience with Catherine. It was kind of funny because after looking at the panic in my face, she left the room, came back about 5 minutes later and said she wanted to really read Catherine's history. Given that Catherine has asthma, she spent quite a bit of time listening to her lungs and the diagnosis is either an upper respiratory virus or the beginning of bronchitis (she is coughing a lot with phlegm coming up). In the event it is the latter, we have started on antibiotics. On the way to Griebs Catherine asked me what we were doing and when I told her she said, "but I am done with taking medicine". I had to explain to her that when you get sick, you sometimes take medicine, but not all medicine is chemo...that is how warped the thinking in my house is. So in a nutshell, she is probably fine: she is not lethargic, wants to go to school and is ready for the next playdate, but until her fever is gone...I will still worry and apparently it is normal because MJ (from Dr. Joe's office) called to let me just talk out my fears. I suppose the fear will never go away. And, while it's nice not to have to be admitted to the hospital as we have in the past, the other side of that is that when you are in the hospital, you are so aware of where her immunity stands and what exactly is going on with her bloodwork in terms of viral or bacterial infections. I guess I should be happy it didnt happen the week of Christmas!