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Norfolk Single Dad Well, Sam is running a temperature and his mummy seems to be really stressing about it - hence the following email conversation after I innocently pointed out that her outgoing emails seem to have the wrong time on them! Email Conversation
I put Sam to bed at 7pm, he was asleep by 5 past, even though he had slept for 2.5 hours this afternoon. At 8.30pm he woke up crying loudly for me, I brought him down stairs as I could feel he had a raging temperature. When I took his temperature it was 40 degrees C (104F) which is the highest he has ever had. 5ml paracetamol took it down to 39.3C but 15 minutes later it was back up at 39.5C so I phoned the out of hours doctor who said he may have an infection, bring him straight up to the QE. We were seen inside 5 minutes and the report is that he ahs some kind of viral infection, he's not hugely contagious, he needs 10ml paracetamol every 4 hours to keep his temperature down and to keep a close eye on him as if his temperature starts to rise sharply it can lead to febrile convulsions. Right now (2206) he's in bed asleep, coughing every now and again, but basically fine. In the car he was much cooler and was chatting away to both of us about a new joke you have told him about dragons and cows? I'll let you know in the morning how he is, and I'll text you so you know I've emailed you. --------------------------------------------- Thanks for letting me know. The time seems weird though, you say it was 2206 but your email is timed at 6 minutes past two? Love Sam, hope he's OK tonight. ---------------------------------------------- Well clearly I lied then. I made the whole thing up. We didn't go to the doctors at all. Actually, I have no control over when you actually get my email, as they are timed at time recieved and not time sent, hence why I put the time in my email. But as you clearly doubt me I can ask the doctor for his timed report if you like. I went by the time on my system clock and my kitchen clock. I then stayed up until 11pm in case you wanted to ask me anything about it. You clearly didn't, even though I had texted to make sure you knew in case you were out. Sam was awake at 11 saying his waist hurt and his legs hurt. Rich and I and sam discussed it, and from what sam said it sounds like he has pulled something slightly in his stomach from coughing, and the rest is just usual aches nad pains from flu. I told him next time he had medicine I would give him calprofen as that would help with the achy bits. He was awake at midnight and was cuddled back to sleep as he couldn't have any paracetamol at that time. At 0315 he woke up aith a temperature of 39.7 and had 10ml of calprofen. He has just woken up and is sat on the sofa watching George Shrinks. He's a bit snotty but not as hot as last night, so I'm holding off on the paracetamol until absolutely necessary. I don't know if we're going over to Carolines and I don't know if he's going over to yours tomorrow. It depends how he is. I'll let you know how he gets on. ----------------------------------- Thanks for the updates. Poor little chap. I never suggested you were lying or attempting to mislead me, but the "sent" time of your email is 8 hours different from the time you send it. I think you're stressed about Sam being poorly so I'll let it go. ---------------------------------------- sent at 0903 according to my system clock.
We're not going over to see the twins today, but grandma might pop over later (grandad is in romania!) so we'll go up to town for 30 minutes if she does so he gets some fresh air and we get some food. I apologise if I sounded shirty earlier, but your doubting what I was saying really irritaited me. I do my best to keep you informed of everything, as it happens, and so to get an email like that was just insulting. ---------------------------------------- You may want to check "Mail ", then "Options" then "Calendar", then "General Preferences", and "Time Zone", as it seems you may be 8 hours adrift of GMT. --------------------------------------------------------------- I am fine about him being poorly. I have the situation as under control as I can do and we are slowly getting his temperature down. The 'recieved' time of my email may be 0206 when I sent it at 2206 (which I make a difference of 4 hours, as opposed to 8, but what would I know, I'm hardly a MENSA candidate am I?, Lol!) but the time that you get it is the recieved time. I shall wait for your apology for both being wrong and being arrogant. ------------------------------------------------- This is what it says! “Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:08:20 -0800 (PST) From: "Sarah" <@yahoo.com> View Contact Details Subject: SAM POORLY”
--------------------------------------------- Please check the time at the top of this fwd'd mail. There is no problem with my clock. I started the email at 0903 then finished it 4 minutes later. ----------------------------------------- Sarah, just set your timezone to GMT and you'll be fine! Glad Sam is cooling down slowly, let me know if I can still pick him up tomorrow. ------------------------------------------------------ Well then one of us is up the spout somewhere and I shall get Rich to look into it when he gets home. Right now, to be honest, I have more important things to do. I'm glad you clearly noticed that the time on my clock for the sent message was right though and that you apologised for saying I was wrong so vehemently.... His current temp is 38.4 and has been for an hour. We're getting there.
Conclusion?
Sounds like Sarah is really stressing today. She's really IT savvy, but says that emails are timed when received, but it's actually when they're sent. She also says the time difference is 4 hours - from 2200 to 0200 yes, but in this case it's from 1400 to 2200.
I hope she manages to cool down and relax a bit. She's a good mum and Sam is in safe hands, sometimes Sarah needs to look after herself a bit better too! Spread the Word
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