Plague House, the House of Plagues

[dorchadas]

I knew that children were plaguebearers, of course, but I didn't expect that to be the case until she started going to school! Laila got sick from something, somewhere--who knows where--and for her, it was just her being a bit more sniffly than usual. She still doesn't know how to deal with colds, and sashagee noticed that Laila had some gunk coming out of her eyes because her nose was clogged, but a bit of work with one of those baby nose-suckers cleared it right up. That's the extent of the damage that Laila suffered.

Not so sashagee and me. I ran a fever of 38.7° last night and decided not to take any medicine for it, since I read an article a few years ago about how fever is the body's natural antibiotic and fever-reducing medicine can prolong illness as long as the fever isn't too severe. It mostly seems to have worked--I slept terribly, going to bed at 9:30 p.m. and waking up at 8 a.m. but only getting 7 hours or sleep and 0 minutes of deep sleep according to my watch, but I don't have a fever today and feel much better. That's not true for sashagee, who spent this afternoon napping and who feels worse today than she did yesterday. Her health is definitely still more delicate than mine is, though, so that's probably part of why she's having more trouble. I'm going to give her as much help as I can and hope that she's feeling better tomorrow!

Comments

[earthspirits]

Sorry you and your family are ill. Hope you all get well and feel better soon!

[dorchadas]

Thank you for your good wishes!

It turned out that my parents and sashagee's parents also got sick, but everyone is mostly recovered now.