Well, I am having one of those rare days at home. J is sick, he has a fever around 101.4 and his cough is not good, so he got his inhaler earlier when he woke up at 6:30 (or rather when I woke him up to get ready for school and discovered his cold turned into something more), and he had some juice and went back to sleep. My mother was roused from her bed this morning to come stay with J while I took G to school. I was back in time for her to only be a few minutes late for work. I would have had A come over, as J is A's son too, but alas my father's phone is shut off right now, so there was no way to reach A (boy do I miss living in an area where cell phones actually work at times like these). Anyway, J is still sleeping. I just replaced a cup of watered juice next to him as he drank most of what I gave him earlier--rest and fluids are what's needed, right. I think I will be keeping him home tomorrow, as the guidelines say he has to be fever free for 24 hours before returning, and also because fighting it seems to be taking all his energy, so he is going to need a day to recoup tomorrow. I am to the doctor's at 2:00pm today. Hopefully A will be here by them so one of us can go pick up G and the other can take J to the doctor, as the timing is bad.
Anyway, So I am home. I have been cleaning up the kitchen and working on some articles. J did wake up while Iwas writing this and I have changed his clothes, given him a neb treatment and some more watered juice, and he is laying in bed watching a movie.
I stopped at Stewart's after dropping G off at school this morning and grabbed a large coffee with half & half and a little sugar, an eggwich (egg, sausage, cheese on a hard roll), and a bottle of water, then headed home. So kind of a heavier breakfast. For lunch (as it is now after 12:00) I had a can of Light Beef PotRoast soup by Progresso with some crackers. And a cup of water.
J is NOT going to the doctor. A stopped in to get ready for work (long story, but A always gets ready for work here), and said they had changed the schedule and had to go in for 2pm instead of 3pm, and swapping days off from Tuesday to Thursday as they have someone else out. So since I have leave at 1:45 to get G, there is no one to take J to the doctor. I am not sure it would do any good, as I had been on the fence about it. Most likely what he has is a virus, and there is nothing they can do to speed up recovery, especially since he has a normal level fever and his cough has not been around for long. I just like to cover all my bases as with his CP and lung issues, sometimes illness works on his body differently than it does a typical kid. But I also hate taking him to the doctors office as there are a lot of germs and other illness there that he can be exposed to, as the CP and CLD already lower his immunity, going in already sick, he is likely to pick up ANYTHING he contacts. So it is probably for the best. The nebulizer treatment helps so I am just trying to find someone to come sit with him while I go pick up G. But if I have to bundle him up and put him in the car for a little ride, I think he will be okay.
Well, I should go, I have been intermittently working on this post for a few hours now, so it is time to publish it. Oh, I just talked to my sister and her kids are both sick with what appears to be the flu. At the place she works, many of the residents have come down with a Type A influenza (one not covered by this year's flu shot), and it has the same symptoms that her kids have and a number of other people in town have, and it sounds like what J has, so he may be out for a few days, as his cousin has had it since Friday and still has not gone back to school yet.
So---Yuck!
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