Mardi Gras

[celticdragonfly]

Busy day yesterday. Showed off clothes that cflute sent me to fordprfct, with squeeing. Picked up comforters - ow, expensive, not going THERE again. Mailed off Stuff. Helped him clean through old mail and such. Watched him clean other things. Found out why Jamie's brand-new glasses were leaving a mark on his nose - the nosepad was disintegrating - went and had it replaced. Went to Central Market, the new one in Southlake, with an *amazing* play area for the kids.

So glad to see Karl after work. In the evening, we all had king cake together. Sigh, I can't eat more than a couple bites of it. VERY fussy tummy lately. But hey, there were beads on it. So of course I said "throw me somefin', mister!"And why yes, I did get asked the traditional question for adult women in reply. And what the heck, I did it. Not quite the same when it's inside the house and it's your own beloved asking, but hey, I got the beads. :-)

Sadly, Jamie seems to have come down sick with something. Not sure what all the problem is, but he is a bit feverish. Seems to be doing pretty well now, though, with the ibuprofen having kicked in. Keeping him home from school, though. I feel so bad about preschool handing him sickness after sickness.

Comments

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't help at all. Remember, we're hoping that we'll get him caught up on speech, and then take him out and homeschool him. So he won't be getting constant exposure to sickness.

And honestly, I'd think it'd be better for a six year old or seven year old to face up against infection this often, rather than a THREE year old. This is rough on him. And he doesn't understand. And we can't explain it. And he's going to catch more, because he's too young to understand things like frequent handwashing.

[archangelbeth]

I dunno... I got sick a lot as a kid, and I didn't do anything much with other kids till I was about 9 (when I started private school). I'd far rather have gotten it out of the way when I didn't want to actually play with my friends; I once faked not being sick, in order to go to school where all the other kids were! This sort of backfired when I felt awful at lunch and my mom had to come get me...

Of course, some of my getting-sick episodes were probably due to the histoplasmosis. It might be a good idea to make sure that there aren't a lot of blackbirds or bats or the like in the area of the preschool; the symptom of "mysterious fever" is one that the initial histo infection can cause.