He's recovering

He's just fallen asleep for the night. I'll have just enough time for a quick update. He usually wakes or stirs about an hour or two after falling asleep and I must be there otherwise he'll cry til he vomits.

He's getting better although not fully recovered. His night coughs are lesser. His runny nose has lessened too. He does still have quite a bit of phlegm to clear in the mornings upon waking. So in a way it's good that he wakes so early these days (around 5 or 6am) to give him enough time to clear it before breakfast.

I've resumed him on his milk cos he can't go on this long with so little to eat. Stopped the tumeric drink and the chinese herbs as they didnt seem to work. I've started him on royal jelly on Sat and perhaps that's helping.

He's also sleeping more. He's been taking naps most days, for 2 or more hours at a stretch. In total, he gets about 11 hours of solid sleep in a 24 hour cycle, which is about right for his age.

My night coughs have stopped. My diarrohea has stopped. I'm still quite tired though. Feels like my "internal petrol tank" is always near empty. When it gets topped up a little (through a decent night's sleep or time away from my son when he's napping) I quickly use it all up doing errands, chores, preparing for my son's maths lesson, managing my helper, etc. I have been shouting a lot. Snappy pants mama will write another post on running on empty when I've the time.

My sister has recovered from her bout with the flu too. But a few days ago, she started having a sore throat again. When she isn't monitored closely, she forgets to drink enough water, or she sleeps late for no good reason. She was duly "quarantined" for 2 days in her room. She's fine now thankfully.

Now my helper has started coughing a little. She hasn't been drinking enough water too in this hot weather and taking too much toast, biscuits, cocoa drink etc. It's tiring having to monitor this aspect of my helper in addition to her other stuff. I sure would like to do without the need for a helper but I can't right now.

My husband's the only one who hasn't been sick recently. Perhaps I should take a leaf from his book and put my legs up in the evenings and weekends, and spend my time planning 3 holidays (ie. holidays without us cos my son falls sick too often) for 2011. That sure would reduce my stress and see me less sickly!