Feverish Boy

[liralen]

Poor Jet. He has a really high fever. He had one last night, and woke up an hour after he went to sleep, and he came out to see us watching TV downstairs and he grinned at us sheepishly, "I thought the Light was Up."

But then the fever and headache caught up to him and he was whimpering, even after John gave him his ibuprofen and decongestant and cuddling, and John got him back into bed and then cuddled with him and Jet mumbled something at John and it turned out to be "Thank you." between whimpers. When Jet was finally warm, he quieted down, and the drugs kicked in and he was better.

Then he said, "SAVE THAT!" started and said, "That was a dream. Heh." and went back to sleep.

He was up once with me at 2 and then was up, for good, at 5. He went to school to do the Valentine's Day party, with a dose of ibuprofen, and I went and picked him up at 11:30, before the party.

We got a few things at the grocery store for John as he and Jet had bought me a nice card and a sack full of Reese' peanut butter cup hearts. I like it when they just get me something little, so no guilt but still remembered. We bought John a card and some yellow roses with red edges. Pretty and they smell nice and we'll all enjoy them.

By the time we got home Jet was shaking. I dosed him, put warmer clothes on him, and then tucked him into the couch with a thick, heavy blanket on him, and he gradually warmed up and watched The Incredibles simply to watch it. Then he sat in my lap and ate a big lunch, which also smoothed him out some and then he wanted to go to a friends' to play; but he's really sick, so I just tempted him with Tom and Jerry and he's content again, to just rest and drink a lot of strawberry milk. He gets comfort from that and the vitamins aren't bad, either.

He seems to be doing okay, and I'm now going to just dose him with the ibuprofen BEFORE he gets "a headache" that should help keep it in check. Doc says not to worry unless he has the fever for three days, so I won't. Work is crazy, but I can actually get a ton more done at home, which is a very good thing. I made my home station a bit more ergonomic so my forearms through my hands aren't killing me anymore, and I have a corporate massage setup for Thursday, so I'll at least last the week. I found out, though, that I have to be at a meeting that'll collide with my usual maintenance massage, so I'm going to have to get that rescheduled. Grumph.

Comments

[eyelessgame.livejournal.com]

Poor little one. We've been through a number of these fevers. They're achingly sweet when sick at that age.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. The "Thank you" nearly broke my heart, poor little guy.

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

First: poor Jet. Fevers suck at any age, but it's especially bad when you're little and haven't had the experience to know what to expect.

Second: "I thought the Light was Up"? Don't go towards the light, Jet!

Third: You get corporate massages? We don't get corporate massages.

Fourth: A friend of mine who is a mother confessed that she actually kind of likes it when her kids are just a little bit sick -- not sick enough to be worried about, but just sick enough to make them cuddly.

[archangelbeth]

...guilty confession to #4 as well. It's very hard for a sedate introvert to cope with an active extravert, at times.


And yes, poor Jet. And yes, dose with the painkiller before bad pain, if possible. Otherwise it takes longer to take effect. (Or so they said after my wisdom teeth were yanked.)

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Yes. :-)

And yes on the painkillers. He is doing much better now that he's on a scheduled dose.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

1st, though he seems to burn hotter than bigger people, but the pediatritian said that that was normal, that kids burn hotter, so *I* didn't know what to expect, but it seems that 104 for kids isn't THAT hot..

2nd... He thought the sun was up, so it was time to get up... otherwise he would probably have stayed in bed.

3rd I have to pay for it, but we have a lady that comes in and does anyone that schedules with her in one of the meeting rooms at work.

4th. Hee. Archangel said the same. I actually do find it mildly restful compared to chasing Active Boy everywhere.

[foomf.livejournal.com]

If his neck is feeling stiff at all, get him to an emergency room. That was the only way my Mom knew that I had spinal meningitis, which is otherwise indistinguishable in early stages from a flu.

Otherwise, Mom Hugs and ibuprofin ought to do it.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Yay for knowledgable Moms!

No stiff neck. No problems with full out motion. So that's good.

[bwb-archive.livejournal.com]

Poor little buggah. You know, even sick, feverish and in pain, he still is just an amazingly unique creature. Tell him he has to get better, because I can beat him at racing when he's not well and I've been looking for my chance at a rematch.

Love on your household.

[writeanya.livejournal.com]

glad to hear he's coming out of it. amazing, those healing properties in kidlets!

hugs on you all...