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I've been had.

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HellKitty · 26/03/2015 09:39

DS2 (15) has flu. Proper not eating for a week flu. Both me and DP had it the week before.

DS2 (17) came down coughing, insisting he felt like shit and has what DS2 has. So I phoned the school.

He's just eaten 4 slices of toast, is in front of Jeremy Kyle and remembers to cough whenever I walk past.

WWYD?
All suggestions gratefully received.

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CatsCantTwerk · 26/03/2015 09:41

Turn tv off, Tell him to get his uniform on and take him to school.

CatsCantTwerk · 26/03/2015 09:42

Make sure you tell the school in front of him he was trying it on. He won't do it again ;)

dexter73 · 26/03/2015 09:42

I would probably give him the benefit of the doubt for today but if he doesn't show any signs of imminent death by tonight then he would be back at school tomorrow!

Poledra · 26/03/2015 09:42

Turn off the telly! He's ill, he needs to be resting quietly.

Or if he's not ill, he can clean the house.

Glastokitty · 26/03/2015 09:44

If he's too sick for school, he's too sick for TV, ipad etc. it works in my house.

Seeline · 26/03/2015 09:44

Either send him into school or say you know how he ill must be feeling as you've had it yourself and pack him of to bed with no TV/screens and no food - light snack at lunchtime 'if he is feeling up to it'.

LittleBairn · 26/03/2015 09:45

Turn tv off and send him to bed. If he won't do that then send him to school.

flora717 · 26/03/2015 09:46

He can still go to school!

TheJiminyConjecture · 26/03/2015 09:48

See I'd let him get away with it for today and then make sure he's in tomorrow. Assuming he doesn't make a habit of it I can't see the harm in a duvet day.

EstRusMum · 26/03/2015 09:48

Watch telly yourself. Kick him out of the room. Wink

dingit · 26/03/2015 09:48

I've got a 13 year old one of those. However he is better at it than your ds. He lays dramatically on the sofa until lunch time. Then he just about 'manages' a little lunch. The dramatic recovery comes at about 3 pm ( conveniently), when he slopes off to his xbox. Confused

SurlyCue · 26/03/2015 09:49

Get him to school.

abyssiniam8 · 26/03/2015 09:50

Change the channel to the soaps and I am sure he will feel way better Wink

dexter73 · 26/03/2015 09:51

Just because he has eaten some toast and is watching tv doesn't mean he isn't feeling ill though. Bugs affect people differently so you may lose your appetite but he might not or he may do later. I always veg on the sofa under my duvet watching tv when I am ill.

JigsawsAreAllLittlePieces · 26/03/2015 09:51

If it wasn't for the fact that you might want the internet for yourself today I would unplug the router. Turn the TV off and send back to bed, no phones or tablets/ipads upstairs. Curtains shut and back into bed as you know how bad he feels. A light boring lunch if he feels able to manage any.

Or tell him you've got his number and he will go to school now.

Moreisnnogedag · 26/03/2015 09:53

But when you're ill isn't that where you should be? In front of telly, watching crap or mumsnetting or on Pinterest

Satsumafairy · 26/03/2015 09:55

If you've all had it is it not possible he's coming down with it? I'd let him stay home today and see how he is.

TelephoneIgnoringMachine · 26/03/2015 10:00

If he claims to have flu, treat him like he does. Bed rest, no devices, dimmed lights, no books, lots of fluids, light snacks only. Insist on early to sleep every night. Take his temperature regularly...

To be fair, DH & I both had a wretched sore throat for days before we came down with flu last week. But we carried on as normal until it was obvious it wasn't just a cold.

MrsWickens · 26/03/2015 10:21

How did you feel when you started with the flu? Was it feeling awful and not eating straight away or did it build up? I would let him be on the sofa watching telly and eating toast. That's a lot easier on the body than a day at school would be.

LaurieFairyCake · 26/03/2015 10:25

I always tell them if they're sick it's an entire day in bed with no technology or tv - the whole day until the next day.

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 26/03/2015 10:26

If he's well enough for telly, he's well enough to read his coursework? Grin

Depends on his absence record this year I suppose. Chalk it up or give him some chores to do?

SoleSource · 26/03/2015 10:28

YABU for having Jeremy Kyle on the television.

DarylDixonsDarlin · 26/03/2015 10:31

Its the last day of term here so if it was one of mine coming down with it, I'd probably just let him rest at home tbh...unless he has form for this kind of thing! In which case send him to school, when does he finish for Easter holidays?

My DS was desperately checking himself for signs of the chickenpox his sister has got, so he could stay off school today as well Grin no chance mate, you had it when you were too young to remember!

BugritAndTidyup · 26/03/2015 11:20

I've got a 13 year old one of those. However he is better at it than your ds. He lays dramatically on the sofa until lunch time. Then he just about 'manages' a little lunch. The dramatic recovery comes at about 3 pm ( conveniently), when he slopes off to his xbox.

Erm, Dingit, ime that's normal. When I have short term bugs, I usually am feeling much, much better by 3-4 pm. Absolutely wretched in the morning, risk a little lunch (usually soup) because I know I need to eat something, and then more or less over the worst by 4pm.

Not saying you're wrong at all, but just from what you've written here this (I'm sure you've left lots out) sounds to me like the normal progression of a bug.

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HellKitty · 26/03/2015 11:42

I'd like to get him in his uniform but he's in 6th form Grin
And I'm out, I have left him changing his bed though.

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