The nieces are sick today.
Mar. 21st, 2011 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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They aren't that sick, but I kept them home anyway. Evangeline had a fever yesterday and had to come home early (alas, I was in Manhattan when I got that call, so she had to wait for me to take the boat and bus back to her, poor baby), and a headache all day. Ana got a bit of a fever in the evening and her OWN minor headache.
They can be so different in such little ways. When Ana has a fever, same as when I do, she feels warm. When Evangeline has a fever, the few times she's had one, she feels cold, every single time. She came home yesterday and buried herself under as many blankets as I would let her have.
I remember the worst fever she ever had. Middle of summer, I was reluctant to tie her to my back and drag her on the bus to get her to the doctor (no money for carfare, it really was a miserable day), and she kept dragging blankets on top of herself and crying "coldie, coldie!" She got up to something like 104 by the time I dragged her into the shower to cool down, but luckily the shower worked and worked fast. It was 99 degrees out, hotter than people normally are, and all she could say (she was only two) was "coldie, coldie!"
She didn't get that hot this time, but she was pretty miserable for a while. Even after she slept the afternoon away her headache didn't go away. Poor baby.
Since neither of them seems to be particularly warm, I'm debating taking them out later for some fresh air. One the one hand, the fresh air and a bit of exercise would be good for them. On the other hand, one of the great things about a sick day is that nobody makes you do anything. So I don't know. My instinct says they're not so sick they should stay in all day, but I don't like taking well-looking children out and about in the middle of a school day to play outside. I feel like I'm, I don't know, encouraging truancy or something.
They can be so different in such little ways. When Ana has a fever, same as when I do, she feels warm. When Evangeline has a fever, the few times she's had one, she feels cold, every single time. She came home yesterday and buried herself under as many blankets as I would let her have.
I remember the worst fever she ever had. Middle of summer, I was reluctant to tie her to my back and drag her on the bus to get her to the doctor (no money for carfare, it really was a miserable day), and she kept dragging blankets on top of herself and crying "coldie, coldie!" She got up to something like 104 by the time I dragged her into the shower to cool down, but luckily the shower worked and worked fast. It was 99 degrees out, hotter than people normally are, and all she could say (she was only two) was "coldie, coldie!"
She didn't get that hot this time, but she was pretty miserable for a while. Even after she slept the afternoon away her headache didn't go away. Poor baby.
Since neither of them seems to be particularly warm, I'm debating taking them out later for some fresh air. One the one hand, the fresh air and a bit of exercise would be good for them. On the other hand, one of the great things about a sick day is that nobody makes you do anything. So I don't know. My instinct says they're not so sick they should stay in all day, but I don't like taking well-looking children out and about in the middle of a school day to play outside. I feel like I'm, I don't know, encouraging truancy or something.
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Date: 2011-03-23 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-03-23 02:31 am (UTC)Though, perhaps I misunderstood you. Do you feel like you're encouraging truancy to your nieces, or to other people who see you? I was assuming the latter, but perhaps you mean the former.
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Date: 2011-03-23 03:10 am (UTC)They like school (mostly - Ana can get the grumps, but in second grade she's entitled to get grumpy about school now and again) but all the same, I don't really want them thinking that being sick = funfunfun!