Light at the end of the tunnel

[MrsT82]

So my cold is finally clearing. Then my glands ended up swollen. But it's clearing and I'm hoping by Monday I'll be feeling better. Baby boy sent home from nursery sick yesterday so it's probably a good thing I'm congested with the amount of times he has thrown up on me since.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Aaaw..hope you feel better soon.

Don't rush out to run ...no hurry.x

[Hidden]

Oh MrsT truthfully you're having a rubbish time of it.... but take your time to come back. There's no rush. We will be here cheering on you on when you come back.

[MrsT82 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. My friends baby started at Flynny's nursery this week and she has the bug too. Just hoping that Erica doesn't get it. And me!!! 🤢 8 mile walk tomorrow so at least I'll feel like I'm getting back out there.

[Hidden in reply to MrsT82]

Blimey we need to get you an isolation tent, you sound as though you are the epicentre of the bug universe at the moment....

Good luck for the walk and enjoy those pub stops...

[MrsT82 in reply to Hidden]

I will do. Any alcohol will be purely medicinal 🤧😃

[Hidden in reply to MrsT82]

Naturally I never thought any different! 🥃 This is a pic of a ginger, lemon, and honey hot toddy...

[MrsT82 in reply to Hidden]

My favourite! Thank you 😊

[RunForestR Graduate in reply to MrsT82]

with a shot of Whisky or Ginger Wine to help combat the cold and lurgie.

[MrsT82 in reply to RunForestR]

Whiskey is my choice x

[HeleneCorsa Graduate]

Oh no, the nursery years - constant lurgies! I honestly thought it would never end and that I would spend my whole life sick, but truly it passes. The sickness treadmill is blooming awful though.

[MrsT82 in reply to HeleneCorsa]

He's had his fair share of issues since he was born. He's high risk asthma and about to start another asthma medication. Been in and out of hospital and had pneumonia in January and was on all sorts of machines in HDU after a blue light ambulance trip. But all of that I am now used to. Stomach bugs I'm not good with 🙈 I went through them with Erica but you just forget how awful they are. 😫 x

[HeleneCorsa Graduate in reply to MrsT82]

Oh no - asthma is horrendous to live with as there is always that anxiety in the back of your mind about attacks, and it must have been hellish for all of you when he had pneumonia - you must have been out of your mind with worry. I hope the transition to his new medication goes well and that it helps.

My middle son has epilepsy and so I have a little experience of chronic or permanent conditions - the blue light trips, the unexpected crises, day to day medical management. It is hard when you can't be with them all the time - he had a seizure in school once and reacted badly to the medication that the school administered (correctly and following doctor's instructions); I came rushing from work but was going out of my mind in the cab, stuck in Roman traffic... We're now reducing his dose in the hope that he can now cope without medication but the transition period is risky.

Stomach bugs are utterly vile, worst thing ever. I know it is not very environmentally friendly but try cleaning all handles etc with chlorine based products. Alcohol based cleaning products do not eliminate the viruses that cause most tummy bugs, which is one reason why they spread like wildfire.

[MrsT82 in reply to HeleneCorsa]

This is why I'm missing the running. It's the first thing I've done for myself in a long time. And now I can't do it because of this awful cold. That call must've been very scary! Thankfully nursery haven't had to call an ambulance yet, just me. But his asthma nurse went in to train them all which was good. So they all know the signs and how to respond. I hope your son transitions well. My daughters friend has epilepsy. It's an awful condition x

[HeleneCorsa Graduate in reply to MrsT82]

It's great that the asthma nurse has been to prepare them at nursery - so important that caregivers know how to respond. This is always a struggle with epilepsy as a lot of people have some really silly ideas about what you are supposed to do, and it is still very poorly understood by many. I am sorry about your daughter's friend. My son is not badly afflicted, luckily, so I am quite optimistic about the transition - fingers crossed!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to MrsT82]

Poor little one xx

[ju-ju- Graduate]

I hope you are all better soon

[Martin_Rose Graduate]

Glad you're feeling a bit better hun, hope your little fella is better soon, have a good walk/ stagger tomorrow.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Oh dear! But you are on the mend... Hope the small one recovers soon too