We just returned from my little brother's wedding in Memphis, and got to see a lot of family. Fun, only my little sis had to go to the hospital the night after the wedding. She had traveled from MD with a cough, and it got worse and worse. She had trouble breathing and was up long stretches of the night just coughing. My parents were in the same hotel room and thought it might be pneumonia, so they took her to the ER, where they did a flu screen, and sure enough, it is the respiratory flu. Of couse, she had been having a hard time keeping her hands off her darling only nephew, my son.
Asher, my DS, started coughing occassionally, and my FIL, who is a DO, prescribed amantadine, an anti-flu drug. So, he took that for several days before i was bright enough to put it together that THAT was what was causing some strange behavior - rubbing his hands together when anxious, not responding to discipline at all, long fits, lots of crying and resisting - all very unusual for him. So, he is off the med. But, he is still coughing a yucky cough, snot is turning from clear to yellow, and he is acting better, but not himself. He is moody, like he just feels yucky. Whenever he finishes a nap and I go to get him out of his crib, he acts like he can't decide whether he wants me to. He stands up, I stretch out my arms... he sits down and shrinks back and starts to cry. This kind of behavior happens at other times too, like he is just confused.
I feel slightly frustrated, and compassionate too. Not sure what to treat as a discipline issue, and what is just because he is sick. Also unsure of what to treat him with. I need to make some fresh goot... Guess I will do that now. I would love advice!
Corrie
