G'day, folks.
Sharon/WO, I hope you get to the movie. Hopefully it will be exciting enough for you to stay awake. Sleep through the commercial promo stuff at the beginning instead.
Smallworld, I hope the IEP meeting goes well. Do you think the summer will give them enough time to write the IEP for him? Or maybe they need a longer run-up?
Sharon/LDM, enjoy a quiet day. Sometimes the couch is the best place to be.
Fran, I hope easy child now feels settled enough to follow through will college. Sometimes a bit of maturity can make a lot of difference to how well a person copes.
My fever eased off a lot during the night, I woke bathed in sweat and throwing off the bedclothes. husband, ever solicitous, kept covering me back up. I checked my temp and for the first time in days it was normal. So I got up, turned on the hot water heater and began getting ready to go out. I desperately needed to have a thorough shower (wash off all the fever sweat) so I washed my hair as well but used the hair dryer so I wouldn't get a chill from the cold winter day outside.
The sun was out but we could see snow clouds over the mountains. We collected mother in law and headed out, first stop her specialist appointment. My GP's office had rung before we left, offering me a late afternoon appointment but I knew I'd want to be home by then. I declined but asked to be kept in mind should a better opportunity arise. With winter and our regular flu load on the community anyway, add in the panic over swine flu and you can understand why doctors everywhere are overworked at the moment.
After dropping off mother in law I drove difficult child 3 to the city univeristy and his therapist appointment. We had time to do it leisurely. Just as his appointment started, the GP's office rang again. I was offered two earlier times, I grabbed the earliest one gratefully. But difficult child 3's appointment went a bit over time so I had to rush a bit (traffic out of Sydney was ridiculously thick so early in the afternoon). Still, we got back in time, the doctor's receptionist blamed it on holiday traffic. A major long weekend starts today.
The doctor - says my blood tests (like difficult child 3's) show possible infwction with mycoplasma, we need repeat tests to confirm. Definite signs of bacterial infection (raised white count especially neutrophils). So I've just looked up mycoplasma. It would make sense, with all three of us. husband is still coughing, wouldn't get the antibiotics filled (although if it was mycoplasma, he probably should have). I CAN'T take antibiotics, I would have preferred the first infected person in the house (difficult child 3) could have been given the antibiotics when we had the chance, but the doctor he saw in Newcastle wouldn't do it.
The other possibility (because of the cough being so bad) is whooping cough. I'm sceptical. She's ordered the blood test to check it out.
But despite this being a long weekend, the doctor reminded me she is on duty tomorrow, will check the blood test results and call me if I need to take antibiotics. To do this, she will need to ring another specialist I've seen who can better advise her on what new antibiotic (if any) they can prescribe. It's going to get complicated, especially since husband & I were hoping to go away for the weekend! Plus I'll be mostly outdoors.
I'll have to be careful, be prepared to dress warmly in layers, drink lots of soup (not a problem - this long weekend event, it's what people live on) and avoid breathing on people. Same rules have to apply to difficult child 3 & husband.
At least we won't be too far from home (about an hour's drive) if we need to pull the plug. But the fever is mostly gone, the pleurisy has eased off a lot. I know my body and what I can handle. THe next few days are forecast to be sunny and calm - at least during the day, being out of doors should be safe for me if I stay warm (not a problem). And if I need to rest - the car is comfortable, warm and very close by. I can even organise coffee!
But first tomorrow morning, easy child 2/difficult child 2 is having her wedding dress fitting. husband & I are going there first and (hopefully) heading off afterwards.
Enjoy your Friday.
Marg
