The girls worked hard on “get well soon” cards and
sent a teddy to their Grandpa Emanuel, who has suddenly required a bypass
heart surgery.
For over two weeks we were all plagued with very unpleasant maladies:
Hahgoot started off with a high fever on a Thursday at school but didn’t get any medication till late in the
afternoon as she didn’t tell her teacher she felt unwell. She was put on antibiotics for two rounds as her tonsils
got inflamed quickly.
Barak joined the club on Friday with a nasty flu and had a long weekend at home.
Dr Alma took good care of him while I tried to sort Hahgoot out.
Dr Alma checked her patient and declared he needs lots of rest and and good quality pretend tea.
On Saturday night Alma had her turn, with very high fevers and a cough. As it was getting worse, we called in a doctor to the house on Sunday as
all the regular clinics are closed (it’s a free service for children).She was also put on antibiotics for a week.
I tired my best to keep healthy while tending to the plagued family members, and used my “vampire potion” (Barak calls it so because it has raw garlic inside among other things, and when I added vitamin C powder
it spouted bubbles so looked like a witches’ potion for real!)
Alma was getting better but then got a very runny nose followed by red
spots from head to toe!The doctor (and I) suspected it was a mild case of measles. That was bad
luck as we just got a place in daycare but she couldn’t even visit
because she was contagious.
Now that everyone was getting better, I of course got Barak’s flu, but
much worse... I spent 4 days with fevers, mainly in bed. Barak had to take over, worked from home and learned to cook while babysitting...
Alma enjoyed doing workbooks with stickers about shapes like her big sister, while waiting for the doctor
The girls helped with the shopping, which was good as I was very exhausted
Alma watched Hahgoot intently as she ate sushi So many doctor’s visits sparked new games..
After two weeks the girls were back to normal, eating well, enjoying
wrestling in the afternoon and the outdoors. I, on the other hand, had a hard time getting back to normal,
and suffered from shortness of breath and chest pain, but the
doctor might have been right, as it all eventually cleared by itself.