Both boys are down with fever, cough and block nose. Not very good combination!
Calvin suffered the symptoms first, since last Sunday. He had fever that shot up to almost 40 deg C the next day. Then the chesty cough came followed by the block nose. A check with the GP confirmed that it was a virus case, hence no need for any anti-biotic. This virus has been a nasty and stubborn one, in that it has taken more than 5 days for the fever to break, although I have to add that his temperature did gradually go down over the last few days which was such a welcome sign.
Yesterday at around 3am, Mr A woke us up with a very loud cry. The husband went to him and found him hot in his forehead. He has caught the virus.
And so, we have 2 sick boys at home. For the last few days, it has been challenging in some ways, especially when both boys wanted only their mummy! 🙁 Well, mummy is *only* good for when they are ill you see ….. 🙂 I was also very worried about their fever, in particular for Athan, as his body temperature also shot up to nearly 40 deg C. I was so worried that his little brain could not take the high temperature and was ever ready to do the hospital run. Thank God that the father remained calm and tried all ways to cool the boy down. We sponged him and gave medication to help keep the fever down. It worked. Thank God. I was up most of the night, trying to calm the screaming Mr A who woke up several times. I was also armed with my ear scanner, taking temperature of the boys throughout the night — well, as much as I could stay awake.
The boys seemed better this morning. I continued to take their temperature, just in case. The fever has settled although they are still coughing and sniffling away. I hope they are well and truly on their way to recovery. Do please pray for the boys if you can.
Here’s a picture of them playing this afternoon. Finally.
Boys playing a farm set that I bought some time ago.
They were playing quite well and at times, I could hear arguing and fighting! A good sign that they were feeling well. 🙂