Sick

And the boy has got an infection.

I rushed home on Thursday to find him a wee bit warm. Late in the night he coughed so much that he threw up what he ate. We slept in the early hours. He felt better on Friday and after a warm water bath perked up. The wife’s cousin and her family dropped in and he was in his usual form. Towards night the boy dipped and his fever was back. His back was hot and the legs surprisingly cold.

On Saturday his appetite went for a toss. Except cheese, water and breast milk, the boy refused to eat anything. His eyes looked lifeless, face looked dull and he did to go to anybody including B. The boy became adept at saying no with a vigorous wave of his hand, shaking his head vigorously and throwing it back when we brought food close to his mouth. He was content lying on one of us. Called Dr S who asked us to give Crocin every 6 hours and if it did not work, asked us to bring him in on Sunday for examination. Another long night and the boy was whining most of the night, sleeping only on one if us, that too in the sitting position.

On Sunday, we took the boy to Dr S who prescribed Crocin DS for fever and Actifed DM/Dilo DX for cough. The side effect of the latter is ear pain and he prescribed Ibugesic Plus if the fever peaks or there is ear pain.  Thankfully there was neither but his cough become worse, he threw up again after excess coughing. 2 sheets change in the last 3 days. Although he seems to have lost taste, he does not mind drinking the medicine.

Yesterday I took the day off and the boy was dull most of the day, perking up a bit in the evening. The fever has subsided but the cough is still bad.