Riley's cold

Riley is home sick today. I had him to the local doctor Wednesday after school. They x-rayed his chest, but didn't see anything at that time. His cough is worse this week. Evenings are bad. Tom tells Riley to cover his mouth. I bring Riley water. I don't think Riley drinks enough during the day to flush the germs out. I will flood him with water today, keep him hydrated. He was stable for a week, but the lingering cough is slowly getting stronger this week. Its been two weeks.

Tom is stressing. We are approaching February 10. We are also approaching the one year anniversary of the death of Tom's father, January 26. Tom has never done well with family stress. Riley's cough is not helping the stress level. It is hard to know when to take the cold seriously and have the doctor look at him. Tom would like me to have the doctor run a CBC, blood panel, to see what the white cells are doing. If Riley doesn't begin to improve with my giving him fluids and food, I will take him in again. Meanwhile, Riley wanted waffles and whip cream fro breakfast. He is not so sick that his appetite is suppressed.

Everything is about food these days.