Yes, We are Weird

Why? Why do I not run a fever when I am sicker than sick? And why did this strange trait get passed on to my children?

This morning was spent sitting in the ED and then in my regular doctor's office. Shannon called around 5:50am in pain and in tears. After a 3+ hour wait, we learn she has a raging urinary tract infection that is moving to her kidneys. What was her temperature? 97.2. She's probably been walking around with this thing for a week or more but didn't know she was sick until she started experiencing real pain.

All is well, though. She is sleeping by now and the mammoth-dose antibiotics will have kicked in by tomorrow morning.