A not so happy first 4th of July

Our poor little Maisy hasn't had the best 4th of July experience. She woke up early Thursday morning with a fever that kept getting worse throughout the day despite giving Tylenol. I could tell she was just miserable and her fever got pretty high, so we took her to the hospital Thursday night. The diagnosis: strep throat. We got her on an antibiotic right away and apparently caught it decently early. She'd been refusing food but taking a bottle all day, but that ended after we got home from the hospital. She refused to eat or drink anything and had a terrible night. Her fever finally broke early Friday morning, but she still refused to drink anything. You could tell she just couldn't even swallow. She finally started to drink water yesterday afternoon and some pureed fruit. She didn't have a very good night last night either, but she's started taking her bottle today and is eating a little better. She's actually taking her medicine without fighting us today, so that's making it much easier. We feel so awful for her! It's just terrible that they can't tell you what's wrong and she doesn't understand why she can't eat or drink anything. We've changed our 4th of July plans...just staying inside so that she doesn't pass it along to anyone else. But on a positive note, the parade passed right by our apartment this afternoon, so Kaia didn't have to miss that! Here's a picture of her watching the horses, which she loved!