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Tater Tot has been sick the past couple of days. Snorky and feverish and sick. It’s not slowing her down as much as you’d think it would but it’s obvious that she’s a little “off”. For one thing, she was sluggish about eating her “yummy turkey sandwich” the other day and pretty much won’t eat anything except apple sauce. Any time this kid doesn’t nearly jump out of her seat about eating, I know there’s something wrong. And when I got her up from her nap the other day, she cried for about 10 minutes while I rocked her. What she was crying about, I have no idea. But then we went to play with trains and she was fine.

The fever went down after a day or two but she’s got lots and lots of congestion. So much so that I’m sleeping with the baby monitor in our bedroom again because I’m paranoid. Paranoid about what, I’m not sure. That she’ll have too much trouble breathing, maybe? But, if I were sound asleep, would I really be able to hear that even over the baby monitor? Probably not. But it gives me more peace of mind than not having it in our room so… Yeah, I know it doesn’t make a whole lot of rational sense but what about my life does? Your answer is “not a lot”.

I’m quite surprised that I haven’t gotten sick yet. I haven’t been feeling that great and last night I was 100% certain that I was going to wake up snorky and miserable because I went to bed with a headache and the beginnings of a sore throat. But, here I am, drinking my coffee and typing at you all feeling better than I did last night. I’m kind of tired of not feeling that great, though. Lately I do fine until about 10 in the morning and then I feel like I’ve worked an entire day and it’s time to put her to bed. Of course I wake up at 4 so…

I was going to call my doctor last week because my energy level was on the floor again but I decided against it since I had just been sick and thought I’d give my body another week to recover. I also got two books from the library about optimizing your hypothyroid treatment thinking I’d try some more stuff before just asking my doc to up my meds. One thing that I’ve learned about having Hashimoto’s is that you need to “believe yourself” when you feel physically crappy. I’ve always had the thought in the back of my mind that I’m just being a wimp. Suck it up and deal with it. Change your outlook/attitude and you’ll feel better (although I do believe that you should do this even if you do “believe yourself”). But, as I get older, I feel more and more like a lot of this is physical and it’s okay to pester your doctor to make changes that you think will make you feel better. I will give this another week or so, especially considering the fact that I have The Tater Tot coughing in my face all day. Maybe part of this is my poor, old, Hashimoto’s-compromised immune system trying to fight off whatever she’s trying to give me. But, if I’m not feeling better after that, I will ask her to re-test my thyroid levels and adjust my meds. I’m not holding my breath that she’ll comply but you never know until you ask!

Oh, hey! By the way…even as sick as she is, Princess Tater Tot went poopy in the potty seat AND slept in her new big girl bed last night! What a champ!