Scarlett's Marine

Chapter #39

Chapter #39
Louri POV
After cleaning off my face of the excess moisturizer Devon had put on me I decided to go downstairs and make breakfast. I decided to make a fun little breakfast making Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes. I know
Devon will get a kick out of them. I grab everything that I will need and start making the batter, I add some chocolate chips in because I know they’re his favorite. I hum to myself while mixing the batter while waiting for the pan to get hot enough. Scarlett walks down a few minutes later with Maya in her arms. “Where’s Louisa?” I ask her. “She’s still sleeping and I didn’t want to wake her, she looked so peaceful. I have the monitor with me in case she wakes up” she tells me as I nod my head going back to the batter. “What are you making? She asks. “Mickey Mouse chocolate chip pancakes” I tell her as I grab the Mickey Mouse cutter and place it in the pan and pour the batter in. “Oh Devon is going to love those” she tells me while giving me a kiss on the cheek and walking over to the living room to sit on the couch with Maya. I continue making the pancakes and then I hear a rush of feet coming down the stairs. “Please don’t run Devon, I don’t want you to slip and fall” I tell him as I turn my head to him. “Sorry Mama” he says as he walks over to me and gives me a hug and I lean down giving him a kiss on top of his head. “What are you making?” He asks. “I am making Mickey Mouse chocolate chip pancakes” I tell him as his face lights up. “Yes! Those are my favorite!” He exclaims excitedly. “Only the best for my little Marine” I say as I flip the final pancake. “Can you go tell mommy that breakfast is ready?” I ask him as I start to get plates out of the cabinet. He nods and walks over to the living room.

Scarlett POV
“Mama, mommy said breakfast is ready” I hear Devon saying as he walks into the living room. “Thank you sweetie” I say as I get up and kiss his head and walk into the kitchen and put Maya in her high chair. “I think I’ll go wake Louisa up now that it’s time for breakfast” I tell Louri. I walk upstairs and into the girls room and slowly reach into Louisa’s crib and notice she’s a little warm. “Oh my sweet girl, this is probably why you were still sleeping when I got your sister earlier” I say getting her changed and walking downstairs. “Babe, I think Louisa has a fever” I say walking over to her. Louri puts her hand on Louisa’s forehead and nods. “Yeah she does feel warm” she says. “Let me get a cool wash cloth and put it on the back of her neck and head maybe it’ll help” she says, getting up from the table as I sit down at the table while holding Louisa rocking her back and forth. Luckily she doesn’t seem too fussy so maybe it’s nothing serious. Louri walks back over with the cloth and puts it on neck and head. “Do you think we should take her to the doctor?” She asks as she sits down next to us. “I think we should see how the day goes and if it gets worse then we will bring her in. Maybe it’s from her teething, I noticed she has been drooling a lot and putting her hand or toys in her mouth a lot” I say to her as Louri nods her head. “Poor girl, I hate when they get sick and we can't do anything” she says. “Me too” I say as I continue to soothe Louisa in my arms the best that I can. Louri cuts up my pancake after cutting up Devon’s so I can still eat with one hand.

After breakfast Louri cleans up and picks Maya up and brings her into the living room and places her in the playpen and has Devon watch cartoons. She comes back over to Louisa and I. Louisa starts fussing and crying. “Oh sweet baby I know you don’t feel good” Louri says rubbing her back as I hold her. She continues to cry so I pass her to Louri and get the baby ear thermometer out of one of the kitchen drawers and place it in her ear. It beeps after a few seconds showing 99.5. “She definitely has a fever” I tell Louri, showing her the reading. “I think I’ll call Dr. Samantha’s office and see what they recommend” I tell her as I grab my phone calling the doctor's office. I explain everything to the nurse at Dr. Samantha’s office and she recommends putting her teething toys in the freezer so she has something cool to bite on and to keep up with putting a cool washcloth on her or giving her a cold bath to bring her temperature down. She also recommended pedialyte to keep her hydrated. And watch her temp if it gets over 101 to bring her in right away. Hopefully it won’t come to that. I thanked the nurse and hung up and quickly grabbed her teething toys, washing them and putting them in the freezer and getting a new washcloth for her as well. Louri seemed to have calmed her down which is great, I don’t like it when I see our kids cry. I go check on Maya and she is giggling up a storm watching her brother dancing in front of the playpen. “You’re a silly goose” I say to Devon while picking up Maya. “I’m not a goose mommy” Devon says as I chuckle. “It’s just a saying” I tell him as I ruffle his hair. “Thank you for entertaining your sister. Louisa isn’t feeling good so we gotta keep it down, I think Mama was able to get her to sleep while holding her” i tell him as we sit down on the couch together. “Is she going to be ok?” he asks me with big eyes. “Yes she will be sweetie, she just has teeth that are coming in and it’s bothering her a lot so she’s a little warm, but mama and I are going to take care of her and make sure she’s feeling better again.” I tell him and push some hair out of his face. I’m going to need to take him for a haircut soon I think to myself. “I’m going to draw her a picture so that she will feel better” he says to me and walks over to his coloring table. “She would love that buddy” I say as I put Maya down for some tummy time.
Louri walks into the living room with a sleeping Louisa and whispers to me that she will place her in her crib for now and will stay in the room with her incase she wakes up. I nod to her and kiss her on the cheek as she heads upstairs. I really hope this will pass for her.

A/N
Awe poor Louisa. Thank you Chris for writing this wonderful chapter. Anygays see you in the next one.