Alycia came home from school on Monday looking jaded, moody and had flushed cheeks and scarlet colored lips. Still in her school uniform, she curled herself up on the couch and dozed off, without eating her lunch. Her body was burning hot and her body temperature was close to 40 degrees Celcius. Daddy brought her to the GP to have a suppository to bring down the fever. The night before (Sunday), she had complained to me that her throat felt itchy and very uncomfortable. On Monday night, I told Alycia that she had to skip school on Tuesday, to which I was responded with shrieks of protest, sobs and legs-kicking from her, as expected.
When I woke Sherilyn up on Tuesday morning to get her ready for school, she was sobbing (out of discomfort). The moment she got up from bed, she ran to the bathroom and threw up. Her cough sounded bad and the vomit was purely phlegm. Both Alycia and Sherilyn are down with fever and a throat infection with massive built-up of phlegm. The girls must have been bitten by the virulent bugs from my friend’s kids on Saturday during our dinner. Her kids were down with fever and flu.
With a burning hot body, Alycia insisted in going to school on Tuesday and today. With tears streaming down her cheeks, Alycia begged me to allow her to go to school. She kicked up a big fuss when daddy and I forbade her. She cited that she must go to school as she is a school prefect and she would have lots of homework to complete if she misses school for 2 days. As usual, I exaggerated and scared her that she will risk getting her brain damaged if her fever is too high while she’s in school with no one to monitor her, but that did not seem to deter her a wee bit in relenting. She still wanted to go to school. After giving her the reasoning which only fueled her frustration, I just ignored her cries and fretting. This seems to be the case each time Alycia has to skip school resulting from fever.
Would your child be jumping with joy or sulk and sob if she has to skip school arising from medical leave?
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