Tempting fate

As of today, Sunday, August 26, 2012, it has been about five weeks since our son spiked a fever. He had one small episode of feeling slightly unwell, which happened a few days before his dad had a mild case of the flu. He has been on cimetidine since late March, about five months, and it is true that the fevers have been less frequent and less intense. I'll take what we can get for as long as we can get it. He's been looking a bit tired lately, but I attribute this more to various relatives visiting over the last month.

Tomorrow is my first day of graduate school. Wednesday is his first day of second grade. Please, please, please let him stay healthy.

And on the 29th day

The boy came home early from school today, complaining of a slight headache and general malaise. Fever is now 99.5. I think this is just the beginning. Threw up in the afternoon and slept two hours. No complaint of sore throat.

I will update this post as the fever progresses or when it ends.

28 days since the last fever

I've been afraid to write it down officially because I don't want to jinx it, but the boy has been fever free for a month now. I assume it is the cimetidine doing its mysterious work. We're still not sure if it will lengthen the time between fevers, lessen the symptoms, or both, but for the moment every extra day between fevers is a wonderful thing.