This week, Aaron was sick. It started out with a high fever that went as high as 40.2 Celcius (104.36 Farenheit!!). I couldn't believe that it was an accurate reading and it crossed my mind that the thermometer had broken down. We quickly threw him in a tepid bath and luckily, his body temp cooled down by 2 degrees right away. With medication, his fever was under control but was on and off for another 2 days. The doctor diagnosed a throat infection. By the fourth day, his fever was gone and left him w/ a cough and a runny nose. With the two boys, we basically go through the common cold or the flu once or twice every six months. Last year, there was a consecutive period of two months in which A & J took turns in passing on the flu to each other and then to each of the adults in the household. The worst part is administering the medicine, especially to Aaron. Although you have all seen him chew on anything, he is actually quite picky with his food. To see him fight against the medicine, bystanders would think that he is undergoing torture. I've tasted each of his medicine and a couple do taste awful. Yet, he even rejects the ones that are just sweet. Just hearing about taking "tim tim" makes him literally run the other way.
He totally lost his appetite this whole week and only managed 2 oz of milk each time and rejected all solids. Whilst I don't know what his weight was before, I think he did lose weight and now weighs 26lbs and measures 33.5 inches in height. We heard abt a theory that a child's height at age 2 is half of his adult height. There are 3 more months until Aaron turns 2, I wonder if he'll grow any taller? We are waiting to see if Jerry will turn out to be at least 6 ft tall as he was already 3ft tall at age 2. It will be interesting to see if the theory holds true.
Anyway, the good news is, Aaron is recovering and hopefully, he'll be back to his old self after the weekend.
3 comments:
aw an update. poor lil aj. faat sew. =/
maybe the fever is supposed to help him grow!
i don't remember ever tasting a medicine that was runaway awful closest is robertussin?
wow he's going to be 2 already? wow time flies and i still have not met aaron...sigh...i miss jerry and aaron
:( Kiddos are resilient tho...when Lucas was 'backed up' and didn't want to eat, he didn't gain any weight for a month or so. Now that he's going regularly and eating more, he gained two pounds in two weeks!
Hope Aaron is better. I realize I'm late in posting my comment, so he's probably all better and bouncing off the walls again.
I'm also interested in the double the height theory. Jerry was 3ft at 2?! I think I was 3 ft at like, 10. He'll be over 6ft for SURE.
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