Fever II

Now it is Marieann's turn to be sick. :( She probably caught the viral fever from her sister, Juliane. She was running a fever as high as 38+ last night and today. She has been given a day of medical leave for Monday and also exemption from Physical Education for the whole week. Hope she gets well soon. Prelims coming :(

Fever

Juliane's fever came back. Decided to keep her at home to rest. Strange to see Marieann leave for school alone without her sister in the morning.

Still Down

I dragged myself to see the doctor in the morning after a night of feverish sleep. I was given four different kinds of medicine and two days of medical leave for the coming Monday and Tuesday. I needed complete rest. 
This is a really bad time for me to fall ill because the girls' examinations are within these two weeks. :( I had to keep myself away from them in case I pass them my virus. I also couldn't nag at them to study/ revise for their exams because of my sore throat.

Going Down

It started with a sore throat in the morning. By late afternoon, I had developed a low-grade fever. By night, the fever started fluctuating between 37.5 and 39C. As I was allergic to paracetemol, panadol, and aspirin, I used the ice pillow to try to bring my temperature down. Looks like I am going down fast, correction, I went down fast. :(

Sleep Talking

I don't know if it is because of her current illness (flu with fever), I discovered that Marieann talks in her sleep at least once during the night, for the past three nights. As her fever tended to flare up in the night, I would monitor her closely at night.
The first time it happened, I thought she was awake and talking to me so I replied her while I was reading my book. We had a couple of Initiate-Response cycles (to borrow from IRE cycles in education, she initiated question and I responded). Suddenly, there was just silence and I then reslised that she wasn't even awake! She had no recollection of our "conversation"when I asked her in the morning.
It happened again the second and the third night. On the third night (last night), she had a monologue and lasted for at least 30 seconds. As I couldn't hear clearly, I asked her to repeat and she did! It was kind of funny.
I just hope the sleep talking is a result of her fever and it would disappear soon.

Flu with High Fever

Juliane is down with flu and high fever. It has been quite some time since she last had high fever. Her temperature went as high as 39.5C. Juliane was given one day's medical leave for today and also to be excused from her school's swimming programme on Monday 29 October. 
She slept most of the time and didn't have much appetite. Her temperature fluctuated between 38C and 39.2C, especially in the night. I had to keep replacing the ice packs which were used to lower her temperature because they warmed up so fast due to her high temperature. It was worrying that her temperature is so high. I hope she will recover and be back to her normal self soon.