Here's how you know your kid is sick:
- before supper - "I'm cold," from the girl who refuses to wear socks in the house
- at supper - "I'm not really very hungry," and this without having had the usual 1 or 2 afternoon snacks
- after supper - "I'm tired, " a full hour before bedtime.
Leah was basically asleep on the couch when I got back from putting Adam to bed. The thermometer said her temperature was 101.4, so I put her to bed early, skipping bedtime snack and her shower, and started cancelling plans for the next day.
But surprise! I was anticipating the swine flu, but it appears that Leah was stricken with a milder bug, even though it bought her a day home from school.
Ben, on the other hand...
Before gymnastics he seemed warm and was a little whiny, but once we got there (a staff member took his temp for me - 99 degrees, and deemed well enough) and buddy Isaac showed up, he participated just fine. Afterwards, the whining started again, and when we got home he fell asleep for a half hour. By then he was really warm, but ate a decent lunch.
I conned him into taking some ibuprofen (mixed in juice and served with a straw! Which he refused to drink, and then drained when I left the room), and an hour later he announced, "Mommy, I feel better!" He even got outside for a little bit with Leah, and did some puzzles. But by dinner time he was fading and wanted to be cuddled. Aaron stayed home with the boys while I took Leah to Awana.
There was one weepy boy waiting for me later, and he again refused to drink any covert medicine. Healthy 3 year olds just DON'T ask to go to bed, either.
It's wishful thinking, I'm sure, but I'm really hoping that he recovers as quickly as Leah did and is fine in the morning.
Or at least, that he doesn't start oinking.
ps - or pass it on to Adam! Who has had a nasty cough for over a week now. Doc says there's nothing to do about it but wait it out. And wake up for every bout at night to make sure he's not throwing up from the hacking.
We are having a blast over here! (but not as bad as it could be, thank the Lord.)
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Sounds like my house, Bella came down with a temp on Monday night at 11:30 but before that was completely fine. Tuesday all she had was a temp, took her to her doctor yesterday and all he could tell me was that it was viral and that if she isn't better by next week to call. So we had to reschedule gymnastics as she isn't going more than the 24 hours without fever reducer. Paige has had a runny nose for almost 2 weeks and when I asked the doctor yesterday all he told me was tylenol or motrin for any fever she gets other than that all I am able to give her is little noses for the runny nose which than makes her cough to the point that it sounds like you said going to vomit.
So given the light severity and short duration of symptoms, might your family be getting the piglet flu?
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