Help with my sick little brother?!
Question: Help with my sick little brother?
Answers:
To me it sounds like your brother is suffering a fever. It looks like you're doing everything right at the moment, keep giving him fluids and I know its hard to feed someone with a sore throat, but make sure he's getting some nutrition in him. Chicken noodle soup is a good choice. I suffer from more sore throats than I can count, toast and butter always seemed easy enough to force down.
Keep a close eye on his temperature and make sure its not rising. Try giving him a lukewarm bath. If he's shivering it's too cold, but you don't want it too hot either or it'll keep his body temperature from going down.
It's good your giving him medication but be very careful not to over medicate him. Read the instructions on the bottle carefully.
If his temperature reaches 103 or higher you may want to force your mom to wake up. Give her a glass of OJ and tell her to take a shower. A high fever can be a dangerous thing, and 101 is already pushing the limits for a younger child.
Here's a good site on treating a fever: http://coldflu.about.com/od/whentoseeadoctor/ss/checksymfever.htm
Here's one for hangovers:
http://cocktails.about.com/od/healthsafety/ht/hngovr_rmdy.htm
you sound like a good big brother :) you can give one pill of benedryl (it is an allergy medication, but it makes you very tired). Make sure you read the label because there might be drug interactions with tylenol.
I urge you to telephone your father at work and tell him exactly what is going on! He needs to know about this -- for lots of reasons -- and is in the position to be able to take positive action for brother and to advise you about it, too! PICK UP THE PHONE!