Poor sick Benjamin

I think I jinxed my self with that letter. I mentioned that I can’t remember the last time Ben woke at night, and what a good sleeper he is. Well, last night was a TOTALLY different story. And here it is…..

Yesterday (Thursday) morning Ben woke with a temp of 38.2C (100.7F), now that’s too bad. We gave him some Panadol and went about our day. He seemed ok. No other symptoms of why he should have a temp. As the Panadol wore off around lunch time, the temp came back. Still about 38.2C. More Panadol and off to bed. I should mention at this point that he wasn’t eating as well as normal. When I went to put him in his bed, I lifted the covers to find dried vomit on the sheets. Must have been from this morning. He didn’t have any on his face or clothes when he woke. Weird!

Anyway, he woke early from his nap with a temp again, 38.5 this time. He had some Nurofen (as Panadol wasn’t due again yet). That worked for a little while, and we had a quite afternoon watching TV as he still didn’t feel well. Dinner time he barely ate a thing, and his temp was coming back. He had Panadol an hour before bed, but still went to bed with a temp of 39.0 (102.2) at 7pm.

12:30am - he woke screaming and inconsolable for about 15 mins. Temp 39.8C (103.6). Panadol given. Small drink and back to bed by 1am.

1:30am – woke again, screaming. Inconsolable for what felt like ages. Finally managed to calm him by letting him watch the Wiggles on Mumma’s iPod. Temp still well above 39. Nurofen given. Wouldn’t drink water. Wouldn’t drink a bottle. Tried to put him back to bed. He cried and cried. Bought him to our bed, where he slept for about 30 mins and tossed and turned.

2:30am – woke screaming in our bed. Drenched in cold sweat. Temp now 38.8. Again inconsolable for a while. Only stopped crying when I asked him if he wanted to go back to his own bed. He liked that idea. Slept for an hour.

3:30am – woke screaming again. Tracie and Sal hadn’t slept since 12:30 by this point. Sal asked Tracie to get him, as she had to work that day. Tracie attempted to console Ben in the room, but Ethan woke, so she took Ben to the living room. They sat and watched the Wiggles. Ben fell asleep in Tracie’s arms.

5:30am – Ben woke screaming. Sal got up. Ben’s temp normal. Tracie said he’d been farting a lot. Panadol given (maybe belly pain?). Ben went back to sleep in Tracie’s arms. He refused to go to his cot.

7am – Sal and Ethan got up. Ben asleep in Tracie’s arms on the couch. Ben woke once he heard Ethan. Temp 37.2, but totally miserable from lack of sleep. Ben drank 150ml of water.

7:30am – Tracie went to bed.

9:15am – Present time. Tracie is asleep. Boys are watching TV and Ben is being melodramatic about everything. Poor tired boy. Temp 37.8 last time I checked – creeping up again. Panadol due in 15mins. And we’ve run out of Nurofen!!

I hope this makes sense. I’m a little sleep deprived!