Duties of a mom...when your child is sick
Yesterday, when we arrived at a Christening reception for my cousin's son (dad's side) I noticed that AJ was burning up. It couldn't be from the heat anymore, cuz I had the AC going on in the car all the way to the restaurant.
I knew he was sick when he wouldn't get up to play or even have cake! He just laid there with his head on my lap as I ate, and caught up with relatives. Luckily since John was dj-ing a gig, my dad and uncle (living singles) were there to entertain my boys so I could enjoy my food.
Duties of a parent or anyone around a sick child...
1. catch what you can when the child throws up just about everything that has gone into his stomach. My uncle, who never had kids of his own, was a trooper... Have to commend him for not throwing him off his lap as soon as it happened... nor was he going to charge me for the dry cleaning of his shirt!
2. be the largest tissue ever made... when the nose is running and there is no tissue/napkin in sight... my first instinct is to grab my shirt.
3. wake up every 1/2 hour while everyone is sleeping and snoring to check your child's temperature. I end up taking it 3 to 4 times until i get readings that are closer, to get the most accurate reading. It's weird how I can start off at 96.2 and then go all the way up to 101.4!!
4. worry all night and morning while your child sleeps through everything not eating/drinking much, and thinking something bad is happening, and you can't rest until you hear from the advice nurse or doctor that he is okay.
So we did---we called the advice nurse who set up an appt in V-town. The really strange part... all the way there and even in the exam room you can tell that AJ was not himself. He was somewhat lethargic and not into watching the movie playing or even strong enough to sit up on his own!
When the nurse came in to take his temp he used this new thermometer that he rubs across his forehead, around the head, and around the ear, all in one swoop. But when he read the temp it was 98.1! Now I know that was wrong because just by touching AJ's forehead and back you can feel him burning. But we paid our $15 for the doctor to just tell us to give him Tylenol. Didn't ask anything more than that.
We went to the in-laws and Nana took his temp there which read 101.2, and with an ear thermometer it usually means the true temp is at least 1 degree higher, which translates to 102!!
So far I was able to "trick" him into taking Tylenol by dropping little dosages into the red otter pop. He finished 2 pops where I was able to get my 1 tsp of tylenol in there... but eventually it was all thrown up about an 1 later... so now...
another mommy duty is to clean up all the stuff off the shirt and body of your little sick one. But with him "not feeling so good" he still managed to say "I love you, mom!" and patted me on my leg as leaned on my arm...
Just for that... it's all worth every minute... John just told me today that he has never had Chicken Pox... so if ever my kids come up with it... I'm left by myself!!! [knock on wood]
I knew he was sick when he wouldn't get up to play or even have cake! He just laid there with his head on my lap as I ate, and caught up with relatives. Luckily since John was dj-ing a gig, my dad and uncle (living singles) were there to entertain my boys so I could enjoy my food.
Duties of a parent or anyone around a sick child...
1. catch what you can when the child throws up just about everything that has gone into his stomach. My uncle, who never had kids of his own, was a trooper... Have to commend him for not throwing him off his lap as soon as it happened... nor was he going to charge me for the dry cleaning of his shirt!
2. be the largest tissue ever made... when the nose is running and there is no tissue/napkin in sight... my first instinct is to grab my shirt.
3. wake up every 1/2 hour while everyone is sleeping and snoring to check your child's temperature. I end up taking it 3 to 4 times until i get readings that are closer, to get the most accurate reading. It's weird how I can start off at 96.2 and then go all the way up to 101.4!!
4. worry all night and morning while your child sleeps through everything not eating/drinking much, and thinking something bad is happening, and you can't rest until you hear from the advice nurse or doctor that he is okay.
So we did---we called the advice nurse who set up an appt in V-town. The really strange part... all the way there and even in the exam room you can tell that AJ was not himself. He was somewhat lethargic and not into watching the movie playing or even strong enough to sit up on his own!
When the nurse came in to take his temp he used this new thermometer that he rubs across his forehead, around the head, and around the ear, all in one swoop. But when he read the temp it was 98.1! Now I know that was wrong because just by touching AJ's forehead and back you can feel him burning. But we paid our $15 for the doctor to just tell us to give him Tylenol. Didn't ask anything more than that.
We went to the in-laws and Nana took his temp there which read 101.2, and with an ear thermometer it usually means the true temp is at least 1 degree higher, which translates to 102!!
So far I was able to "trick" him into taking Tylenol by dropping little dosages into the red otter pop. He finished 2 pops where I was able to get my 1 tsp of tylenol in there... but eventually it was all thrown up about an 1 later... so now...
another mommy duty is to clean up all the stuff off the shirt and body of your little sick one. But with him "not feeling so good" he still managed to say "I love you, mom!" and patted me on my leg as leaned on my arm...
Just for that... it's all worth every minute... John just told me today that he has never had Chicken Pox... so if ever my kids come up with it... I'm left by myself!!! [knock on wood]
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