Having a kid that is sick absolutely sucks! They sneeze and cough all over everything! They wipe their noses on their sleeves, unless they think they can somehow inhale all the loose mucus in their heads. They have an abundance of energy no matter how high their temperature is. She gurgles while she sleeps, it sounds like she's swimming. And the worst thing of all is the snoring! It doesn't stop all night long. Then she wakes up at the most absurd hours of the night, requesting that I put on the television because she can't sleep. Apparently she didn't notice that I was sleeping quite peacefully before she disrupted me with that request!
I can't get her to take medication either. She will only take Tylenol melt a ways, grape flavor. She doesn't trust anything else. The only way I can get her to take anything else is to slip it to her. For instance, I have Triaminic melt tabs that you just put on your tongue and they melt. Well when they touch her tongue she freaks out. She actually had a supreme melt down when I gave her one of these on an airplane, big mistake. Since then, I have found that if I melt them in a small glass of Gatorade, she will drink it without tasting the medicine. However, she has recently started to notice there is a "strange" flavor in her Gatorade. Damn smart kid!
I can't sleep because she snores. Then if I do manage to fall asleep, she wakes me up having a coughing fit. Then she wakes me at 5am to watch tv. I think she's trying to drive me insane, or more insane I should say. I just wish she would get better already, and turn back into my normal monster. At least I'm used to that one's insanity.
Next time: Now it's time to wait . . . .
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