Warning: The following is a tedious hour by hour glimpse into our day and nights after the confirmation of swine flu.
9/15/09
11:30am- MD appt. and test results that it's the flu
1:30pm- first dose of Allres (for cough)
5:15pm-up from nap
5:30pm temp. 100.7; tylenol
7:00pm- sit down to dinner
7:14pm- Luke pukes
7:26pm-dump the rest of our food off our plate into trash after cleaning Luke's puke, who can eat after that?
8:02pm- watch Caillou (a new cartoon that Luke really likes from PBS sprout); Lukie looking pretty pitiful- see pic below
8:43pm- attemp pedialite popsicle8:51pm- wipe popsicle stains off of counter and throw the remainder of popsicle away b/c it fell on floor
8:53pm-chase luke up stairs for bath- and yes, I said chase...are you sure he has the flu???
8:59pm- temp 98.9, yes! no fever. whoo hoo!
8:59pm- temp 98.9, yes! no fever. whoo hoo!9:01pm- bath
9:11pm- rock Lukie and sing his favorite songs: ABC's, cabin in the woods, Shine on, Playmate
9:19pm- bedtime in crib---yep, luke is still in his crib and I plan to keep him in it as long a possibly can! He has the ability to climb out, but doesn't know it yet and hasn't tried, hence, he is still sleeping in it.
9/16/09
9/16/098:24am- wake up; gave Allres; temp- 98.7---yes! all night, no fever!!!
9:00am- Sesame street in bed with mommy
9:39am- fell asleep in bed with mommy and she took the chance to catch up on some much needed sleep as well
9:39-11:09am-nap
12:25pm- temp 98.2, only 8 more hours and we made it 24 without a fever, fingers crossed...
12:45pm- pancakes and yogurt and it all stayed down
2:26pm- rock/singing before nap
2:37-4:16pm- nap time
4:36pm- temp-99 on the dot; is this a slight fever or considered no fever b/c it's only 0.4 degrees from normal? Hmm...
4:36-9:15pm- mimi babysat while mommy and daddy went to choir practice
9:24pm- temp-100 (but this was taken right after mimi had given Luke a bath and a game of light sabers with dad, so who knows???; bed time; Allres and tylenol
He is looking much better in the picture below than he was in the picture watching tv yesterday afternoon! I truly believe he is on the mend and his temperature was MUCH better today! Now if we could just get rid of this cough!
3 comments:
I sure hope he shakes this flu thing and bounces back quick. :)
Hey, Emily says hi Luke, I want popsicle, I "tis" him, cause I told her he's sick.
.... hope you are doing much better concerning the flu .... and since that football team barely won that you all like so much ..... as for me .... " G O D A W G S ! " By the way, that's those guys with the silver britches ... boy didn't that redheaded boy do some good footballing ????? Love ya .....
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