Rose,
Happy birthday pretty friend..
My son had the same issue when he was young. He could swallow pills at an early age, (we have amazing kids).. I can relate to auto-pilot, too funny, visualized you taking the pills, and then wondering if your daughter felt better. LOL... My son who is now fourteen always takes his temperature whenever he feels even a little under the weather. We have about 10 fancy thermometers in the house. We have one's that talk, those that test the forehead, those that are digital, blinking, beeping, vibrating, you name it ,everything but old-fashioned mercury. Well when he was younger and wanted to stay home from school, he would take his temperature until he had a fever, if you did not show, well maybe the next one. Had to share that story, thought you guys would laugh.