Honey

Oskar had been coughing for a couple of days. Nothing serious but somehow getting worse every day. When fever came into the picture together with sleepless nights because of the cough, we took him to the doctor.

Of course, it was a holiday in Germany leaving us with the ER. It would not be a complete trip to Germany without a visit to the ER.

The doctor probably thought we were clueless parents rushing to the doctor to the first signs of a cold. While it is true that we are not used to Oskar  having colds because it is hard to catch one in Singapore, we were more worried about the baptism the following day. Ideally we wanted to have a happy healthy child and not a sick one.

Doctor dismissed us with the good news that it was just cold and that we could manage the fever with paracetamol. And for the cough: honey. We had tried honey the night before but Oskar didn't like it. So I asked, what if he won't eat honey on a spoon. Answer from the doctor: put it on bread. He was barely eating any solid food so surely puting honey on bread will make it easier.

Nevertheless, two days later, Oskar was worse: had not slept at night except when carried by us, was coughing like hell, started a runny nose and had 39.9 fever. We were exhausted and went back to the doctor. This time it was Monday so  we visited Fabian's pediatrician. He confirmed that it was only a cold - did not get to the lungs or ears which was good because we were flying the next day - and gave ibuprofen to help with the fever as well as some syrup for the slime in the throat. He did say that it would take 5 to 10 days to overcome the cold and that fever could last 5 to 7 days. The good news was that we had survived already 5 days. 

And indeed, the same night, doped with all the good drugs, Oskar slept 6 hours in a row (and so did we!). The next day was a festival of disgusting runny nose moments which of course he would prefer to rub on your clothes instead of a tissue. But fever had broke down. Not fully gone but significantly better. Oskar slept a lot throughout the day and we are hopeful that he will sleep through the night (and so will we!).

Keep your fingers crossed and have a teaspoon of honey thinking of us!