George is still sick today. I think we'll get him in to the doctor tomorrow since he's just not kicking this bug on his own. Today he fell asleep in my arms at noon. He had curled up next to me on the couch while I was doing some work from home, and he kind of nuzzled in. I set my work aside, scooped him up and went to the rocking chair. A few minutes of rocking and he was out. It's been at least a year since I've rocked my baby to sleep, and I just relaxed and enjoyed the rocking for awhile before putting him in bed. He woke about 45 minutes later crying inconsolably. I went in to check on him and he was just lying there in tears, too upset to even soothe himself with the binkie smooshed between his neck and the mattress. I rescued his binkie, sent a quick IM to DH to make sure I shouldn't be worried that our son was too sick to even self-soothe (we decided he was just sleepy and out of it and we wouldn't worry), and then I crawled into bed for a much needed nap. An hour and a half later, I awoke refreshed and George slept another hour after that.
While he wasn't fevered when I put him down, he had a fever of 101.8 under one arm and 103.3 under the other when he woke from his nap. Either way, the boy was hot. I got him some Pedialyte and Motrin and we played for awhile while that kicked in. Then he wanted a snack of crackers and felt up to going out, so we had great fun spending time at Walmart picking up more supplies. He was such a happy little guy riding around in the shopping cart. I also got him to eat some comfort food of apple slices and half a cheeseburger at the McDonalds inside Walmart, so I felt better that he was at least eating some food even if it wasn't the most nutritious stuff.
I sure hope he gets to feeling better soon. And I hope DH and I continue to avoid the bug.