Family drama

Brr there is a nip in the air today. The cloud has gathered now it is afternoon but still has Been a bright day. Dave the Diamond has made me a raised planter out of an old wooden gate and bits and bobs out of the shed.

I am very pleased with it and it cost nothing. I filled it up with topsoil from the veg plot and  homemade compost. 

We wanted to keep busy as we were very anxious today.

My daughter and family have been struck down with probable Covid 19  in Essex. My son in law started it off with mild symptoms 2 weeks ago. He works in the city. (Working from home now) and then my daughter who was ill enough and just recovered. Now 10 month old little Artie has symptoms and had to go into hospital as he had a temperature of 41. The hospital  resorted to ibuprofen in the end to help but the consultant wasn’t happy to do it as it is not recommended at all. However, it was all they could do. It worked to bring down the spike. They gave him oxygen for a few hours as his breathing was laboured. His chest X-ray showed nothing bad.  He’s home now and we are wrecks.

We could not have been there to physically help as no one can. I am  hoping he will not have a temperature spike again tonight. Scary stuff. Daughter has nothing but praise for the treatment. They were totally isolated, gowned and masked. They were the only ones in triage so that was heartening to hear and it seems to be rife where they live. For anyone thinking this is a mild disease, yes it can be for some like my son in law but not for everyone. Babies are usually not badly affected but this is such an unknown virus that we can’t predict. Stay safe everyone.