Burning up !

Poor little Harry is not well. On Friday I dropped them off at playgroup but about an hour later they rang me to say that Harry was ill and had fallen asleep on one of the teachers laps. So I went and picked him up and brought him home. Ben was fine so he stayed at playgroup. By early evening Harry was running a very high temperature about 39.9 / 100 !

When his temperature hadn't got any lower, we rang NHS Direct and got advice and kept giving him medicine. Saturday was much the same and it is now Sunday afternoon and Harry is still not right. He is playing and pretty lively but has a very high temperature. The medicine seems to be helping, it does lower his temperature. But after about 3 to 4 hours when the dose starts to wear off, it rockets right back up again.

So I am off now to ring NHS Direct again and get some more advice. I remember when I was a boy the Doctor would come out to your home to examine you. Trying to get a Doctor to come to your home these days is like getting blood from a stone. Instead they expect you to drag your sick infant out of bed, drive 16 miles to your nearest A&E (if you are lucky enough to be that close to an A&E as Labour have closed so many!!!) and then sit in a room for several hours with drunks and other people with contagious illness that you are exposing your child to. I am sorry but that is not what A&E are for, they are for serious injuries, Road Accident victims and urgent cases, not for little kids that are sick, that is what their Doctor should be treating. Stupid blood Labour Government.

Here is a photo of little Harry taken on Friday afternoon - poor little chap