Saturday, April 21, 2012

Second Sick Kiddo

So, Firstborn got antibiotics and immediately started feeling better. That was a couple of days ago. Last night, Secondborn produced a high fever - like 103 degrees - and sure enough, he has Strep too. Both boys are currently on the couch watching Elmo, like so:
This is... really not how I'd hoped to start the weekend. But, okay, we'll figure it out. We have resources; we can afford medicine; we can spell each other so everybody gets sleep. But still... Oy.
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3 comments:

  1. Andrew HallApril 21, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    It's the domino theory -- once one gets the bug they all go down.

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  2. RhoadanApril 23, 2012 at 3:24 AM

    Just remember to make sure they take the full course of antibiotics. Not doing so leads to resistant bugs and more misery.

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  3. Michael MockApril 23, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    @ Rhoadan - Yes, absolutely. We're actually a bit obsessive about it.

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