Leah’s taking Ava to the doctor’s office this afternoon to have her checked out. She’s had a very low-grade but persistent fever for the last couple days, and she has some little sores in her mouth. The sores, as you might guess, make her hesitant to eat some of the things she usually eats. Leah suspects Hand-foot-mouth disease, which usually runs its course in five to seven days. Another little viral gift from daycare, no doubt.
I stayed with Ava all day Monday and part of the day yesterday, and we had a good time hanging out. Both days we walked downtown to get her a “coffee” and sit on the plaza to watch the traffic go by. She loves yelling at the brazen sparrows who hop right up close to our bench looking for bits of food. She also loves drinking her coffee, which is really only a frothy cup of steamed milk. But it gets her drinking her milk, which is good.
Yesterday, she was sitting next to me on the bench when she started waving at passersby. If they waved back, she’d look at me with a surprised expression and say, “They said ‘Hi’!” It was a very cute game.
Ava’s spirits are pretty good, overall, though she can get a bit crabby around mealtimes lately. Once the mouth and throat sores clear up, I suspect the crabiness will clear as well. Until then, we wait…..