Astrid had a fever on April 13th...

[ailbhe]

... and she hasn't been well since. Last night the croupy cough was back, this morning her cough is wet and hollow, and her eyes are gluey. She's still having chest recessions every night. Our bed is propped up at an angle, because she has to be in the same bed as me so I can help her when she can't breathe, and she has to be propped up so that "when she can't breathe" isn't "always." We're using Shogun and Noble House.

Me? I've been ill on and off with it too. My hair is thinning, and possibly going grey though as ever that could be wishful thinking. I have earache as often as not. My mouth is full of blood blisters, I have a sore through, I'm exhausted.

We brought her to the out of hours service with a massive fever again during the week and were sent home to collect a urine sample, which I have dropped in at the GP for testing.

There must be something we can do. I'm miserable and exhausted. Rob's shattered. Linnea is very stressed. Astrid is sleeping 12-14 hours in 24, which is more than she used to, and her sleep is not restful for me. At all. Not even a little.

The good news is that the people who are getting enough rest, ie Linnea and Emer, are not ill at all.

(No, they can't operate to remove the tonsils while she's this ill, and if the problem doesn't exist when she's not ill, it's not worth the risk of the operation while she's so young. If she gets well and the problem still exists, then we start to think about cutting my baby open with knives and lasers, not before).

Comments

[gloriap.livejournal.com]

Have you been checked for strep? I don't want to add any guilt to your life, but you may be a carrier of strep and if you are treated it may prevent both of you from further infections.

[ailbhe]

No, but Astrid had a throat swab which showed nothing. No-one thinks it's strep. Which is sad, because that lasts about a week, which means the 10-day course of antibiotics would have hammered it...