{"id":5484,"date":"2021-08-18T07:52:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=5484"},"modified":"2021-08-18T07:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:52:26","slug":"dear-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/dear-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Lincoln,"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last couple of days have been a little rough.<\/p>\n

You are a real trooper though. 
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Besides your sleepiness, it would be hard to tell that you had a pretty hot fever going for most of the day on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Monday, we did a COVID test so that you could go back to daycare, and you were so very chill. Didn\u2019t even shed a tear. More impressively, though, you calmly let the doctor listen to your breathing, and check your blood oxygenation.<\/p>\n

The fever came back on Monday night, but we wouldn\u2019t have known from your behavior.<\/p>\n

You ate like a champ and you successfully turned the living room into a toddler tornado zone.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I learned over the last couple of days that even at your young, young age, you can recognize car wreck vibes on a reality TV show.\"\"<\/p>\n

You are so, so cute when your are sleeping. But, when you’re clearly under the weather, I find myself wishing that, instead, you were pulling everything out of the cabinets or climbing furniture that we don’t want you to climb.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Love you lots, Lincoln.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last couple of days have been a little rough. You are a real trooper though.  Besides your sleepiness, it would be hard to tell that you had a pretty hot fever going for most of the day on Sunday. 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