Wow, I just woke up fifteen minutes ago (fell asleep for an hour- I’ve been up since five, so it’s not like I’m totally lazy). I caught the sick that my son has and feeling lethargic has definitely hit me and coughing is making my head hurt. Sleep feels good.
I *think* he’s fine… He seemed better last night and I really thought that flushing his system really did the trick (continuous feed of water and pediasure through this stomach tube). I got up this morning and started to get ready again- and then his coughing started again, and hasn’t really stopped since he woke up. Only a couple times it reached a danger zone where it sounded like mucus was going to get stuck.
He has a doctor’s appointment a little after 12, which he’s not looking forward to and in fact started to fight the idea- so I painted him the scenario of what happened last time I didn’t act quick in getting him to a doctor when we had a flu turn nasty. So for those of you with kids who freak out- what helps in this household and what I had to do again this morning; go through the motions of the appointment. The tools the doctor is going to use, how they’re going to use them, mock the routine and tell them why.
If all else fails, tell them that the police will bust down the door and drag you guys to prison to ensure that you don’t get anyone in society sick and arrest you for not going through precautions. It’s fine because it’s only a month out of your lives, and although the massive needles hurt like hell since they have to take your blood and give you shots every ten minutes- it’s not fatal. The choice is theirs.
