We have been off to a rough start in 2017. Super D and I have both been sick, which is why there was not a post last week.
Thursday I got a call from the school not long after Super D got there. He was running a fever. So, I went to get him.
Now, a low grade fever is not something we worry about. Daniel’s temperature will often be between 99 and 100. He does not sweat like a normal person. We are not sure if it is the medicine or a side effect of the epilepsy. I know one of the medicines he was on could cause this issue, but not the only one he is currently taking. The solution is usually to get him something cold to drink and let him cool down.
Unfortunately, this fever was the same virus Baby B had a few weeks ago and the one I am still fighting.
Most kids will bounce back fairly quick from this type of thing. For Daniel, any sickness lasts twice as long. Where Ben’s fever lasted a couple days, it took four days before Daniel’s broke.
We see an interesting thing happen when he is sick. He does not have seizures. His body devotes so much energy to fighting the illness that it can not muster the energy to seize. At least he gets a little relief.
He is now back to school, but still fighting the crud. We can only hope this will be the last sickness this year.
I know, I’m dreaming.
Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. – Matthew 15:30
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