Fluey bug strikes again

Ryley has been battling a fluey bug for a couple of weeks again now. Poor kid has spent the last few nights awake coughing. So he has missed the last two days at school. Lucky it is the end of term I think! Poor kid. This time of the year is so hard for him. As soon as he gets a cold/cough it just gets worse and worse. For the first 3 years of his life he used to spend time in hospital with pneumonia. Luckily he built up a bit of immunity so hasn't had to be hospitalised for chest infections for the past 4 years or so.
But I guess given the fact that he is more prone to respiratory illness we have to be really careful. Plus his whole body system works differently now due to the KD so the poor kid just battles and battles.
*SIGH*
Not fair.

I wish he could get a break from feeling like crap all the time. Time to start avoiding sick people like the plague for a while I think. It is hard to avoid coughs and colds, but if we can, then we definitely need to!

Guess that is why we are usually hermits at this time of the year...!!

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  1. AlisonJune 24, 2009 at 8:22 PM

    I hope he feels better soon. We often hibernate for awhile at this time of year too.

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  2. MadelineJune 25, 2009 at 8:26 AM

    We are sending lots of love and best wishes to Ryley. xxx

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  3. LaurenJune 25, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    Still praying that Ryley feels better!

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  4. AnnaJune 26, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    Thankyou ladies.
    I think we may have gotten over the worst of it! I can only hope anyway!
    Alison-Good to know we aren't the only hibernators
    xx

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