He threw up on Tuesday night. It was awful, smelt foul. Started to get a temperature after that. By the next day it had gone up to 103. Was giving him calpol and nurofen.
The GP gave him a quick once over when I went there with DD that morning. Said he had no ear or throat infection/tonsilitis. I did point out that his breath smelt really bad though. She put it down to a virus.
The temperature remained through the day and he didnt eat. He drank though. His sleep was awful Weds night. Temperature still there. Thursday morning he still wasnt eating much, and in fact, fell asleep sitting up, he was so exhausted.
Im hoping you are still with me.....
So, anyway, his breath was still foul. I could smell it as I walked into his room to get him up from his nap. I looked in his mouth, nothing. Looked up his nose...there was something. Looked like a pea, but lighter. Couldnt reach it with tweezers, so asked DP to check it out when he came home later.
DP rings me at work later to say there is nothing there. Must have been snot .
This morning - still v v bad breath. Really awful, couldnt have his face near me. He now has a white tongue. Much better temp wise and eating a little. Watery diarrhoea though . I've changed his clothes 4 times today. The nappy just isnt holding it in at all.
So, DP comes home from work this afternoon, and, I ask him to look up DS's nose again. So, he gets a torch this time and has a look.
"There's a pea up there" DP announces. So, we lay DS down, and DP gets tweezers and attempts to pull it out. Many nostril hairs and a few struggles later....DP pulls it out.
But, its not a pea, its a foul-smelling, rotting pompom from DDs craft kit. I have never smelt anything like it. Like something had died up there.
So, we think the thing had been festering up there for at least a week, and he has been swallowing infected snot and its upset his stomach. We may be wrong, but, the foul smell has finally gone. (After a bit of a clean up with cotton buds and saline).
Dear God, if I ever smell that smell again I will NOT leave it a couple of days before investigating.
Will DS have learnt his lesson?
Doubt it......