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Unfortunately, the week before half term Aaron was quite poorly and had to stay home from school all week. Coby had been ill the previous week so we think he passed his illness on to him. From the symptoms, it seemed to be the flu and he got so bad at one point that Kelly called the NHS Direct line and they made an appointment for Aaron to see the out of hours doctor at the hospital.  So we had to take him down to the hospital to see the doctor for 19:15 on the Wednesday evening and he confirmed that Aaron was close to dehydration and almost had to keep him in the hospital overnight to rehydrate him. Luckily, we were able to take him home again, with some medicine, and had to make sure he had a drink every couple of hours, even through the night.  The poor boy looked awful really and very sluggish. He wasn’t eating and his legs and body were aching all the time – he was even sick a couple of times as well. Luckily, by the end of the week, the medicine and all the extra fluids we were making him have, perked him up and he was much better by the weekend, which was good as we were going to stay in a caravan! It wasn’t just Aaron ill that week though, as Ben ended up being ill all week as well, after being sent home from school on the Monday morning. At least they are better again now!

Poor Aaron has now got Tonsillitis although he isn’t very ill with it! It is actually quite bad that Kelly thought it was something else called Quinsy which could be a lot more serious. His Uvula is stuck to the side of his throat and has large white blisters all over it. He has been complaining of feeling sick as well, which is no wonder really! Kelly took him to the docs yesterday but the normal Doctor wasn’t there and the stand in was quite rubbish apparently and didn’t really check him over too much but did prescribe Antibiotics for the next few days. They seem to be working as well, as Aaron’s throat doesn’t seem quite so bad today so he should be able to go back to school again tomorrow.

The other week, Aaron had a flu vaccination which was a spray up the nose (both nostrils!). He was meant to have this at school but there was an issue with the form that we filled in, so he had to go to the local Boots pharmacy to have it done instead. Surprisingly, he was fine with it and didn’t cry at all! Well done Aaron! 😉

Well, last evening turned out to be a horrible evening for Aaron. He was just about to have his nails clipped and get ready for bed when he slipped off the small training potty/foot stool in the bathroom and smashed his mouth into the cupboard door under the sink. He screamed like I had never heard him scream before and he was crying his eyes out. His mouth was pouring with blood and he was shaking badly. Once we managed to calm him down a bit, he spat out A LOT of blood from his mouth and we managed to see that he has split his lip badly, but not too deeply thank goodness, but he had also bashed his right fang tooth next to his front two teeth so that it had turned 90 degrees in his mouth. This was mainly where the blood was pouring from. Kelly immediately rang the NHS Direct line and they advised to take him in to A&E to be checked out as they class this sort of thing as a possible head injury. Unfortunately, this made Aaron worse as he hates going to the hospital, probably because when he was little he had an extremely bad case of Croup and they had to force steroids and Calpol down him to open his lungs, which was a very bad experience for him.  So Kelly took him to the hospital and about 4 hours (!) later, they came home, which I think was about 23:30. They had seen a nurse and a doctor who basically said that it isn’t really bad and that the gash in his lip should heal without stitches and his tooth is pretty secure but he may have damaged the veins providing it with blood, so it may go black and drop out. Aaron seemed much better when he got home and showed me a ‘being brave’ sticker that the Doctor had given him.  As you can imagine, he was tired out, but he managed a biscuit and a drink before going to bed. He is staying home today as the poor little chap is tired out still! We are just relieved it is over and not any worse than it is but the poor little boy will be struggling with his lip for a while and it will take several days for hit tooth to stop hurting and settle down. Aaron was very brave though! xx

Last week, Aaron was quite ill. It started off with a cold and a bit of a cough and then on Sunday afternoon, he started to come out in a rash all over his body. It looked like Chicken Pox, but he had already had that, so we thought it must be something else.

The following morning, the rash had spread all over him so Kelly took him to the doctors and was told it was hives due to an allergic reaction to the cold virus that he was fighting off. He was given some cream and some medicine to take, but the next day it got worse in that his feet started to swell up. So Kelly had to take him to the doctors again and was told this time that he had Angioedema, which is the proper term for an allergic reaction that can cause swelling all over the body, but could also affect breathing due to the swelling. We couldn’t do anymore for him apart from make sure he took his medicine and put the cream on him.

He wasn’t too bad the following day (which happened to be Ben’s 6th birthday), but on the Thursday we got up to find he had swelling around his eyes, which was absolutely awful. He didn’t look like Aaron at all and was very scary. Kelly immediately rang NHS Direct and they told us to take him to the doctors as soon as possible, and that we may even have to take him to hospital.  So Kelly made another trip to the doctors and saw a third different doctor (!) and he said he would ring the hospital for a second opinion but he thought Aaron wasn’t bad enough to send him straight in there.  We had to wait half the day for a call back, which never happened, so Kelly ended up ringing again to find out what was going on, as we were all ready and prepared to go to the hospital if we needed to. In the end, the stupid doctor didn’t bother ringing us back at all, so Kelly called and he said he had spoken to the hospital and they prescribed a slightly different medicine but not to take him in unless he got any worse! What a day!

Luckily the next day, it seemed like the new medicine had started to work its magic and he looked a bit better, and his rash had gone down slightly. He was still a bit puffy in places and bruised on his feet from the swelling from earlier in the week, but much better thank God. He was also well enough to go to Ben’s birthday party as well though he was very tired by the end.

By Sunday he was almost as good as new, but what a horrible week we had but we are just glad it didn’t get any worse!

Here are a couple of pictures of him when his face was swollen (excuse the dirty nose!)