Hello Filho,
Yesterday started off rough. In the morning, you had a fever and a very sore throat. We had to continue the dipyrone and ibuprofen combo, then administer the emergency Atrovent treatment because you were having trouble breathing.
After that, we called grandma from France.
And this little mix did you good.
The rest of the day was calmer, and we even had some good moments.
The fever didn’t return.
However, you have spots everywhere.
On your face, hands, feet, and other parts of your body.
It clearly looks like hand, foot, and mouth disease.
The real question is, how did you catch it?
You don’t interact with any children.
So it must be someone from the medical field, one of the people who helps us, or… us.
Your mom has had a sore throat since last night, and this morning she has a runny nose, the works.
And despite everything we do to avoid viruses, even with a protocol that would make anyone seem paranoid, we still end up catching them. It’s frustrating, but it’s the reality.
Yesterday afternoon, we had a visit from a family who helped us tremendously when you were in the ICU.
I don’t know if you remember Claudilena, Eldinho, Pedro, Melina, and Melissa.
They slept next to you to allow your mom and me to sleep together.
Today, it felt incredibly good to see them again, and I think they were just as happy to see you.
These people come into your life when you’re at rock bottom. They help you without expecting anything in return. Their mere presence changes everything.
It felt good to see them again. And I hope that one day, when you’re older, we can spend time with them, do activities together, and show them what you’ve become.
Today, the person who takes care of you during the day is still sick. She’s not coming.
Your mom is sick too.
So we’re going to spend the day together, you and I.
On one hand, that makes me happy.
On the other hand, it scares me, because during that time I’m not working.
But fortunately, your guardian angels are giving us a hand, Filho.
I’ll take this opportunity to thank them.
Thanks to them, we managed to get ahead by the equivalent of a full month to pay for all your treatments.
With your mom, it allows us to breathe a little, to be a little less anxious about how we’re going to manage.
