It's doing the rounds

There's a nasty viral infection doing the rounds. Six kid's in my lads class were off school with it last Friday.

Of course my lad had to go and join them.

He started with cold like symptoms on Friday evening. He was worse Saturday morning and stayed in bed most of the day. He didn't eat anything and hardly drunk at all. He started being sick, early hours of Sunday morning and was sick a few times during the day complaining of abdominal pains. In the evening, we noticed blood in it, so we phoned for medical assistance. They recommended we take him to A&E at the local hospital. After waiting ages with all the drunks, the doctor finally saw us.

The doc put our minds at rest and said the blood was probably from muscles being strained whilst retching but he was de-hydrated and would need to be admitted.

They found a bed for him in the childrens ward and told him that if he didn't start drinking fluids they would stick a needle in a vein and start pumping it in.

That got him drinking.

The wife stayed with him overnight on a bed next to his whilst I went home.

I took the little girl to school Monday morning, and then went back to the hospital. He was sat up in bed, feeling sorry for himself but looking ten times better. I think he was quite enjoying being pampered by all the nurses. He came home later that day but was a bit quiet for the rest of the day. We kept him off school today, but the little sods right as rain now and getting up to his usual mischief, so it's back to school tomorrow.

On Sunday night he looked like death warmed up but now you wouldn't think that there had been anything wrong with him.

I love him to bits and hated seeing him like that, but boy, was it peacefull!