The Flu Chronicles - Day Eight

Definitely a relapse day today.. Salamander has been doing so-so...
He didn't look good when he got downstairs this morning - facial bloating was back, grey/yellow skin, zonked out look in his eyes.. and cough, cough, cough...[so yes, pneumonia watch is continuing..]

I think he overdid things a bit yesterday as he was definitely feeling better then. It is so hard to explain to a 10-year who wants to move, move, move, that he really needs to rest, rest, rest so his body can use its energy to get stronger...

I made him go back upstairs to his room for a while after breakfast. His room is on the sunny side of his house and his bed is right next to a set of huge windows. So he laid down for a while, on his bed, in a nice and warm sunny spot (I could hear his Vit D receptors go "Halleluja".. LOL). He ended up snoozing for a while, like a big lazy cat. And when he came downstairs after about 45 minutes, he looked a TON better. Facial swelling down, pink skin, 'roses' on his cheeks, bright eyes..

He ended up playing with Potatey for the remainder of the morning, but then had another dip around 1.30 pm. Lunch helped a bit, and then he went outside in the nice cold crisp air for a while. Came inside ready to keel over. He's stretched out on the couch now, dozing...

It's gonna be a while. The flu is a major illness (but not as scary and deadly and devastating as certain organizations would like for us to believe), and his immune system and overall energy stores have taken a big hit. And of course what isn't helping is that I have only been able to sporadically get Salamander's usual vitamin and supplement regimen into him (we did the best we could) - in fact, he has 'missed' most of his usual B12 and mito supplements for almost 5 days now..

We'll get there, we'll get there. I am going to keep him home from school for at least one more day, but I will be working with him on tackling that mountain of school work we have to get caught up on. And then Tuesday will bring what Tuesday will bring...