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Fraser’s House of Plague and Injury, how may I direct your call?

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So, as I said, it’s been A good week except for health.

Adam started with a fever on Sunday. Switched to cough and cold by Wednesday. Got antibiotics on Friday.

Simon threw up this morning and now has a fever of 100.9F.

I’ve been flaring all over the place, aphasia (or as Simon and I are now calling it ‘can’t remember the effing word’ as Simon thinks aphasia sounds like a flower) very bad, pin point pain, exhausted muscles.

And this afternoon Adam was playing in the front room, rolling on his tummy on our round step stool placed on its side. He was doing it this morning as well and I told him to stop as he’d break his head. So what happened? He fell forward and hit his eye on the coffee table. A very nice shiner is developing and Mummy is trying very hard to not say “I told you so!”

And of course this fever thing is spreading around the family. By my calculations I should get it around Wednesday.

And Friday? I’m babysitting Simon’s sister’s two children for the day.

Yay?

Gorgeous day…Stuck inside

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Adam had a horrible nights sleep last night and was a less than pleasant boy yesterday so I was not surprised that he woke up with a cough. So Simon and I decided to keep him home today.

His cough has gotten progressively worse all day, so bad that he couldn’t nap, so I am thinking GP visit is in order tomorrow.

So we’ve spent the day on the sofa. Watching movies. The entire Toy Story trilogy and Monsters Inc.

The sun is beaming down. But he’s just feeling so punk he didn’t want to go outside at all, even when I offered.

So we stayed in.

And that’s okay.

Double Ear Infection and Swollen Tonsils

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Adam’s diagnoses from the GP this morning. Yummy Banana Sludge acquired.

He’s been acting off since yesterday but I just put it down to being 2.8. Then he fell asleep on the bus on the way to nursery! Simon rang me and said ‘I’m bringing him home!’

Quite right.

It’s been about 5 months since his last lot of antibiotics, so that’s not so bad. He’s been ill, with D&V and fever, but nothing needing meds since October.

So he’s been clingy all day and even fell back to sleep in his pushchair on the way to the GP. So definitely not my ‘sleep is for the weak’ son!

He’s had a bit of fever as well, but that seems to be gone already.

So Banana Gloop 3 times a day it is.

And a few quiet days in with mom.

When she feels fine and he doesn’t. 🙂

After a Fab Weekend with my Gurrls

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I come home to an ill Adam. Cough. Sneeze. Pulling ear.

He coughed so hard Saturday night he threw up in his bed.

Nothing like a quick dash of reality after a weekend of waaay too much food, waaay too much drink and all the laughs a girl can handle!

It turned out he just had a mild croup, no meds needed. And it’s pretty much gone now, 4 days later.

Next time, though, I’m going away for 2 nights. 🙂

 

D&V: Day 8… (MAJORLY TMI)

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I think. I’ve lost count.

Adam’s contribution to the big house move was a fever on Saturday, diarrhoea on Sunday, vomit on Monday, and diarrhoea ever since.

We went to the GP on Thursday who said his ears were red and gave us some antibiotics. Which seemed to make the diarrhoea worse. So I’ve stopped them. Feel free to name the next super bug after me, okay?

This mornings wake up nappy was overflowing with pee and full of poo. The poo was soft but not the liquid we have been having. I’m seeing if he poos again in the next hour and what it’s like. If it’s like it was this morning we won’t go to the GP. If it’s still liquid then I’ll ring. If he doesn’t poo again, I’m going to assume the antib’s did indeed make him worse and call him done.

No other symptoms, BTW, once the fever passed. He’s not pulling his ears. He’s eating as normal. He’s drinking. He’s just got runny poos.

And the reddest bottom ever.

The House Is Falling To Bits

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As I sit here sipping sugary tea and nibbling (mostly) dry toast, it is day 8 of the hell that began last Thursday night with our trip to A&E with Adam puking blood.

It continued with Simon throwing up on Sunday and Adam cranky and pulling his ear.

It went further on Wednesday with Adam back at nursery but me at my biggest clients for meetings all day.

And then yesterday I woke up feeling achy and tired and with a headache. Simon had to go to work for Open Days, when the 6th Formers (7th years? What are they called now?!) come to see the University. So I was at home with an active 2 year old and find myself vomiting. Things compounded when said 2 year old was just falling asleep after lunch and I had to basically throw him into bed to go puke. Yeah. He didn’t sleep. Luckily Simon got home by 230 and I headed to bed. And spent the evening and part of the night throwing up.

And so the house is falling to bits.

You see, I have a schedule for cleaning. I hate cleaning, as most people do, so if I don’t put it into my phone with a reminder and a day to do it, it won’t get done. Or it will get done only on weekends which leaves no family time.

So I set a schedule. This past Monday I was suppose to clean the bathrooms, for example. Adam was home from nursery and, as I recall, napped for about 10 minutes, so that didn’t happen.

Wednesday I was suppose to change the beds, catch up on my laundry folding and hoover the bedrooms and hallway. I was at my client site all day.

Today, Friday, I should be running (toddler free!) errands and tidying and hoovering the front rooms and finishing laundry.

Instead, I’m sipping sweet tea, eating (mostly) dry toast and am about to head back to bed.

So the bathrooms need a wipe. The floors need a hoover.  And you can’t get into the spare bedroom for all the clothes piled up to be folded. We are almost out of nappies, I need to put 2 cheques into the bank, my finally repaired jeans need to be picked up from the tailor, we are nearly out of juice and milk. It’s Friday night so pudding and wine need to be bought.

Instead, I’m sipping sweet tea, eating (mostly) dry toast and am about to head back to bed.

Adam threw a major strop about going to nursery, I imagine because he basically didn’t see me from about 230 yesterday until 730 this morning and this whole week has been weird. So he’s been promised a trip to the museum on Sunday; a cross my heart, pinky swear, high five promise that I wouldn’t go back on if you held a gun to my head.

Oh and I think I have some emails to send for my biggest client.

So the house is falling to bits and I really should do something about some of this stuff.

Instead, I’m sipping sweet tea, eating (mostly) dry toast and am about to head back to bed.

Diabetes And Illness

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So, as anyone who has been keeping up knows, Adam has been ill since last Thursday. As of Sunday Simon started puking, although he’s pretty much fine now. I thought I had escaped it until I woke up this morning will an achy ear and a sore throat.

And with my fasting blood sugar at 8.5 mmol/L (millimoles per liter, the scale used everywhere, except the US, for blood glucose levels. The US uses mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter). For my US audience, 8.5 mmol/L = 153 mg/dL). Ideally it should be under 8, which it has been for weeks and weeks so it was too high this morning. Another sign something was wrong with me.

Also, Adam threw up again last night and has been pulling and rubbing at his ear. Oh how I long for the sentence ‘Mummy, my ear feels weird/hurts’. Or not!

So anyway, rang the GP and said we both needed to be seen and off we went.

It would appear I am viral, which means fluids, rest (HA! I’ve done, approximately 1,001 loads of laundry since Thursday, all of which need to be folded so we can find the spare room) and keep an eye on my glucose. Adam, however, does indeed have a double ear infection and a red throat, so he’s on antibiotics.

So what can I do if my glucose is too high? Not much, really. I take metphormin, not insulin, so I can’t adjust that. I can watch my carbs, obviously, which I do anyway (more or less) and eat less of them if necessary. But it’s more to be aware of my levels and if they get really high (above 10 mmol/L is high, above 12 mmol/L is really high) to call the diabetes nurses.

I also have a diabetes clinic appointment on Thursday so if I am still running high I can discuss it with one of the diabetologist while I’m there.

So why does a viral infection affect (effect?) my blood sugar? Because my body is too busy fighting the infection to worry about dealing with my blood sugar, basically. Most likely if a non-diabetic had a viral infection and tested their blood, and had a baseline to compare it to, as I do, theirs would run high as well.

So at the moment, Adam is napping and I’m contemplating what to have for lunch.

I am thinking ice cream and white bread would be very very bad choices. 🙂

Would You Believe…

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Adam is ill again? Fever, vomiting, diarrhoea (which I can never spell the first time). This included a lovely puke at 0023 this morning. Oh and a runny nappy around 0200.

I am really beginning to think he has an allergy. His eczema flairs horribly after he’s been playing outside. We spent quite a bit of time outside on Sunday. Sunday night his eczema was very bad in big patches. Monday morning the first fever appeared.

The GPs don’t seem to be listening to me when I enquire if this is more than just bad luck. I get knowing looks and metaphorical pats on the back when I suggest there might be a greater cause.

We will be seeing our Health Visitor on Friday for his 2 year check and I am going to see if she can get him referred to allergy or paediatrician or someone who can maybe run an allergy test or something and see if I am right.

Even if he’s too young for treatment, maybe we can adjust his diet or be ready to react when he’s been outside or something.

And if she can’t do anything? Mama Bear is going to come out at the GP next week.

The same Mama Bear who came out and insisted I get some tests and not just keep taking sleeping pills when I stopped sleeping about 4 years ago. The one who got me a diagnosis of Fibro and pain clinic management and acupuncture.

So watch out. Here she comes…

Why I Spent My Saturday Evening In A&E

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Adam started coughing Wednesday night so bad he didn’t sleep, so I took him to GP on Thursday, who looked in ears etc said were red and gave ABs.

Thursday night he woke up around midnight and puked all over daddy.

Friday he had a fever all day, spiking to 101.3.  Gave ibuprofen and fever came down but not eating or drinking much.

Friday night slept about 11 hours and woke with an almost dry nappy. Mama worried.

Saturday morning threw up morning milk.  Threw up again 30 minutes later.  Threw up again 1 hour after that. Two rounds of diarrhoea.  Rash breaking out.  Passed the glass test, so not meningitis. Called out of office service for GP.  Waited 2.5 hours for a call back.  When spoke to GP felt very much like she was ‘there there, that’s a overreacting mummy’ to me.  But told me to call back if he got worse.  Also told me to go ahead and give next dose of ABs, he had thrown them up earlier.  Gave them.  Threw them up.  Gave some milk.  Threw it up.  Called back GP.  Told it was still 2 hours for a call back. Sighed.  Gave water. Threw up.  Went to A&E.

A&E triage nurses also made me feel like I was overreacting.  Waited the 3 hours to be seen and watched his rash spread more. Saw Paediatrician.  Looked in ears/throat/listened to chest.  Wondered why the hell he was given ABs.  Very strongly hinted to stop them.

Diagnoses: very severe viral infection.  *Good* thing brought him in. Not dehydrated but might have been. Keep a close eye and try to get him to drink anything but milk and water.  Great, it’s all the kid drinks! He hates juice!!

Nothing to do now but wait and let him get through it and try to keep his fluids up.

My poor wee boy. He just can’t catch a break, can he?