Wendy News

Kate has just phoned me. She and Nigel were told to take Wendy to Buckland Hospital. They saw the doctor there, who confirmed it is a virus. He said there is a lot of it about and they can expect it to last another 5 days or so. They have to keep her dosed up with paracetamol to prevent her temperature rising too far too quickly. When they were at the hospital, there were 4 other young kids there, all with the same problem.

Caelyn won't go to College while Wendy is as sick as this. Wendy probably shouldn't go back to Nursery until the New Year so that she has time to build her strength up. She probably got the virus at Nursery anyway - kids pass each other bugs of various sorts all the time.

Its just as well that she hasn't had to go to Nursery from when she was tiny. Also, she is still breastfed, so her mum's mature immunity system will be making antibodies against this virus and those antibodies will be passed to Wendy through the milk to help her fight this virus. Other babies aren't that fortunate. They would be much more sick with it, and heaven knows that Wendy has been really bad so I can't bear to think of those other poor little kiddies.

Michelle and Richard are coming to help nurse Wendy next week when they are off duty, so Kate and Nigel can catch up with some sleep. Thank God for the extended family! My Mum was on standby in case she was needed too, so there are a lot of people who love that child who are prepared to help her through this. Again, some kiddies aren't that fortunate. At times like this, you can only thank God for His mercies.