he's down with the sickness

Poor JR. Since I got home from work on Wednesday, he's been terribly ill. His throat got really sore again, he was coughing, and his back was aching.

And then his back REALLY started hurting. He tossed and turned all night that night, moaning with every movement. And his fever started going up. And up. Despite periodic dosing with Tylenol, it topped out that night at 101.7. It's been swinging up and down ever since.

He felt a little better part of yesterday, so being the clean freak he is, instead of resting up and getting better, he did a ton of laundry, washing all the sheets and blankets, even ones he's only looked at while passing by. I'm sure that level of activity really helped. It helped the damn virus come on full strength all over again.

Last night he was all twitchy, shaking the bed constantly, and he insisted on going out to sleep on the couch so he didn't keep me awake. I protested, but he was right - I did finally get to sleep. He finally came back to bed this morning, and I'm lying here while he tosses and turns and mumbles and moans next to me. At least his fever is finally dropping. Just a little over an hour ago it was still at 100, but it's dropped to 99.6 on the most recent reading.

So remember the scary JR from a couple of posts ago? He's baaaaaaaaack.