The Sickies!

Meet Dave and Brandon Tsao, the Sickies.  Dave has “stinkeye”.  That’s what I call it.  I noticed it on Thursday, last week.  His eye was pink, but no discharge.  He was seen by the doctor last week, and they gave him antibiotics, assuming it was bacterial.  That didn’t seem to clear it up, so he went again on Monday.  He was then told it was viral.  And it could last for 2-3 weeks!  And it could spread to the other eye!  Eewww…I told him to stay away from us.  He’s been good about washing his hands, part of his training in sterile technique from years of lab work.  So far, it’s staying in one eye.  His eye is puffy, red, and generally looks icky.  Still no discharge.  Yesterday, Brandon’s teacher called me on my way back from work.  His finger got smooshed in the play oven in the classroom “house”.  It took off a bit of skin, so I was told.  I still haven’t seen it, not being brave enough to change the bandage.  I went to pharmacy school for a reason.  Dave changed him with a Mater bandaid and that seemed to do the trick.  When Dave went to get him, the teachers also mentioned Brandon didn’t eat lunch.  Ah, what?  (Red flag #1).  Lasagna.  He said he didn’t like red sauce or yellow cheese.  Not sure when he suddenly got picky about colors.  He scarfed down green broccoli the other day Mild intensity aerobic exercise (like walking) on a daily basis may browse for source commander viagra help with pain management. It looked into the relationship between cheapest tadalafil 20mg saturated fat and low cholesterol in the diet would reduce heart disease. Since cells are controlled by the nervous system, realigning the spine with other organs cheap cialis and tissue can boost the cells’ function, and thus boost immunity. One of the reasons that they are so popular is that it is one of the most successful medicines cialis professional cheap that actually does what it claims it will do. at my grandma’s house no problemo.  Then he told me “I have a headache.” (Red flag #2, he’s never complained of one before).  I asked him to show me where it hurt.  He grabbed his neck, like he was choking.  Okay, so not really a headache, but he wasn’t feeling well.  He ate a huge slice of (free) pizza that we got for moving in.  It did have tomatoes, and white cheese, which apparently he was okay with.  He completed two pages in his workbook, and even asked very politely for his pens, etc (somewhat Red Flag #3; he was calm, and subdued).  After finishing giving Brandon his bath, Dave felt that Brandon was a little warm.  He took his temperature, and sure enough, 101.7!  Wow.  We didn’t have bigger kid acetaminophen, so Dave went to get some at the store across the street.  I read to Brandon (and Peyton, who I was trying to keep away from Little Sickie).  Dave came right back, and gave him his first dose.  We thought that’d be the end of it, but when Brandon woke up this morning, he still felt warm.  Dave stayed home yesterday for himself, and he was going to do the same today.  Now he had company!  Dave took Brandon’s temp again after I left to take Peyton to school – 101.8!  Earned him a second dose of medicine.  Hopefully the fever breaks soon.   Hopefully Peyton and I don’t become Sickies, too.

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