Tis’ the season to be calling in sick. Thumper has been fighting a fever since Sunday morning.  I don’t know what he caught this time, but the fever was his only symptom.  I actually got a phone call from his school, because they are trying to track a stomach flu that is going around.  I […]

*grumble grumble grumble* I don’t know what it is with Thumper.  Every time I think “wow, he’s been healthy for a while,” he comes down with something in dramatic fashion. Monday, he threw up at school.  Verdict: he was coughing so hard that he gagged.  Why was he coughing?  Cold. So, I picked him up […]

Thumper had a rough weekend. He threw up and spiked a fever on Saturday night.  Fortunately, there was only the one vomiting incident, but the fever hung on until Monday night.  Poor kid. He slept a lot on Monday, and finally broke the fever – but not in time to go to school on Tuesday.  […]

Oh, Rerun. This poor kid keeps getting sent to the nurse’s office, and then we end up taking him to the pediatrician’s office.  We’re still trying to figure out what is causing some pain during urination (his stuff is off to the lab for a third urinalysis), but in the meantime, he’s finally got some […]