one sick kid

The weekend was going to be low key but we had decided that the wild flowers were starting to come out around here so we would go to Kings Park in Perth to see some. It is quite a huge park and has many wildflowers that are rare growing there. At first we were going to go Saturday but we had a number of things to do so we decided to do it Sunday. We hear from a student Friday night that she just got back from the doctor and she has mono. Norma went over to check on her. She was pretty sick with very swollen tonsils, sore throat, enlarged spleen and liver. The doctor told her to go to bed immediately, take lots of fluids and get rest. She also said to not go to class for two weeks. That is a lot to miss. Norma invited her to our place and on Saturday afternoon she called and said that she thought it would be better to come over. The P&O is an interesting place but the kitchen downstairs and you have to go outside to get into it, which is just not great when you are feeling this bad and running a fever. We talked to her this morning at breakfast and her nose is so stuffed up that I going with her this afternoon to check with the doctor to see if she also has a sinus infection. She says that her throat and everything do not seem to be better but mono does not improve quickly. If she also has a sinus infection, that will not help her get well either. We shall see how she improves over the week. This is one of those cases when we are glad that we have the spare bed room and are close so can offer Nikki the help to get better. Mono is virus so they can't give her antibiotics but they did give her some steroids to help her throat because it is so swollen.

We are glad to be able to offer her some help.
B.