ds1 started with it last Mon night - bit of fever while asleep. He was OK, albeit quiet and little appetite, for a couple of days, but always became feverish at night. Eventually it turned into a cough and cold. He's gradually got better but his energy levels have only returned gradually and he's lost weight, which as a 3rd-centile boy he can't really afford to Friday it got me and I felt hideous for days - aches, pains, fever for 4 days running. Monday I was diagnosed with bronchitis. Have felt reasonable-ish since Tuesday but still pretty wiped out and masses behind on everything. Sunday night ds2 (4mo) started with fever - doctor on Mon concerned about his chest - had to go back on Weds, but then all fine and temps normal. Developed cold symptoms in the meantime. Today the fever is back. Measured 38.85 before and gave paracetamol. Doctor's instructions are to go to hospital if temp hits 39 overnight. dh has cold/cough symptoms but holding up well.
I am not used to being ill and not very used to ill children (ds1 was never ill), so feel quite knocked for six by it all. The long-drawn-outness of it all has done for me. Veguely hysterically, I feel at the whim of some kind of virus with independent intelligence that has another go just when you think it must be going .
Do your worst. There's More of This to Come, isn't there?