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Fever Comfort

Just some things a caregiver might do to make someone with a fever feel a little better. For when they’re a bit uncomfortable and has a loving caretaker around.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not medical advice, but please use these in your sickfics because I love reading about them.

🥶 If they’re cold and shivering:

Wrap a blanket around them. Maybe two!

Provide a hot water bottle or heated wheat pillow

Put the warmest, softest pair of woolly socks on their chilly feet

Tumble dry their pyjamas/dressing gown

Warm their icy hands between your own

Tuck them in nice and tight under the duvet

Wrap them up in several layers of clothing, especially if they’re outside or need to go outdoors for whatever reason

Classic: Use body heat to help warm them up, get under the covers with them

Put them in an armchair close to a fireplace

🥵 If they’re too hot:

Flip their pillow to the cool side

Open a window to let in fresh air

Put a fresh set of sheets on the bed

Provide a cold water bottle, or wheat pillow in the freezer

Help them into lighter clothing

We of course have the classic “washcloth to fevered forehead” but also consider these areas to wipe down or place a cool cloth on for comfort:

Closed eyelids

Cheeks

Side or back of the neck

Chest

Wrists / hands / arms

Ankles / feet / legs

Yeah basically the whole body

😣 If they’re in pain:

Close the curtains to help with their headache and/or help them sleep

Make sure they’re hydrated

Massage their achy muscles

Provide fever reducers / pain medication

Make them hot cups of tea to soothe their sore throat. Don’t forget the honey!

Gently stroking fingertips up and down their arms / legs / back in a soothing fashion (think ASMR light touch tracing)

Holding them close, perhaps gently rocking back and forth, helping them fall asleep to aid their recovery

Those are the things I could think of for now. Please use these and/or expand the lists with your own suggestions 😊

Merry Whumpmas Day 3: Fever

Fandom: The Dragon Prince

Summary: Ezren gets sick

  It had been a while since Ezren or Callum had gotten sick. That was good. The Opeli came to talk to Callum. Ezren may be the king but he is still a child. Children are fragile.

    "High mage, your brother has fallen ill. He is in his room." Opeli informed him. Callum closed his book and walked to Ezren's room. He knew he would really only be able to keep him company.

    As he opened the door Bait greeted him. He walked over to Ezren's bed and sat down. The boy shifted from his place and leaned against Callum.

    Ezren was so warm. His skin felt like it was burning. "hey Ez, how are you doing?"

    "I don't feel well." Ezren muttered.

    "You'll be okay Ez. Get some rest."

Soon Ezren had fallen asleep. Callum leaned against his head broad and sighed. He pulled out a book and started to read it.

Opeli quietly came into the room with a glass of water and a small bucket of water that had a rag on the side of it. She placed them beside the bed and nodded to Callum. He smiled softly as she left the room, closing the door almost silently.

Almost an hour later Ezren started to stir. He muttered about something before waking up slightly. "Callum, can you get Dad?" He asked innocently.

Callum tried to figure out what to say. He was delirious. The fever had started to cause painful dreams. "He's busy but I'm here. Try to go back to sleep okay?"

Tears welled in the older brother's eyes as he reached for the rag and rang it out. He pressed the cloth gently against Ezren's head and shortly the boy was back asleep. Callum put the rage back in the bucket and leaned back against the headboard.

Tears fell softly from his eyes as he wondered about what would be different about their lives if Harrow had survived. Maybe Ezren's only family wouldn't be a mage and a general who is hours away. Maybe he wouldn't be the one who has to take care of Ezren.

It wasn't that Callum minded. He would do anything for him. But a father seemed better than a brother. They weren't very old and were already alone.

Of course there were doctors that could take care of Ezren. He was the king of Katolis after all. But for now all they could do is keep him comfortable. It was just a virus that would go away soon enough.

Still Callum worried. He did a lot of that as of lately. He worried about the people he was around. He couldn't help it.

Again Ezren stirred. Before he could wake up, Callum placed the damp rag on his head and started to whisper softly. He whispered words of comfort to him and soon the boy had settled again.

The rag hit the water as Callum closed his eyes. Hopefully Ezren would feel better soon.

when ur request are open, can i request jin with a high fever and yoongi caretaker? tysm <3

Hi, thank you for the request :) sorry that it's taken so long hopefully it's to your liking.

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After a long day of work, all Yoongi wanted was to go to sleep, 6 hours of dance rehearsal, 2 company meetings and 3 hours of recording can really tire a guy out. Luckily for him, it's all over he and he can finally rest. The rapper checks the time on his phone, It's 10:55 pm he switches off the device and starts to drift off.

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It'd been a few hours since Yoongi finally managed to fall asleep but he's suddenly startled out of his nap by a rustling sound. Probably Seokjin, looking for something or shutting the bathroom door maybe. When he turns on his bedside light, however, it's not what he expected.

Seokjin was on the other side of the room twisting and turning uncomfortably in his bedsheets, his cheeks looked flushed and his head was slightly sweaty. Yoongi gets up and goes over to the vocalist's bed, "Hyung are you okay? Are you having a nightmare?" He asks.

"Yoongi...? Is that you?" Jin mumbles before letting out a small whimper that almost shatters the younger boy's heart. "I don't feel very well"

"Why, what's wrong?"

Jin lets out a shaky breath, wiping his forehead before he speaks, "My head hurt Yoongs, and my stomach feels so upset"

"Wait here," Yoongi says softly walking over to the medicine cabinet and grabbing a thermometer, he places it gently under his hyung's tongue. Before his temperature is read a small burp travels up the oldest's throat unfortunately more than air comes up

Seokjin kicks off his covers and runs to the bathroom managing to collapse in front of the toilet just in time. He gags painfully bringing up a torrent of sick It hits the toilet bowl making an awful splattering sound.

Yoongi sits behind him rubbing his back and stomach till he's finished. "Do u think you can handle the thermometer this time?" Seokjin nods, he thinks he can at least. The machine beeps revealing the cause of Jin's problems. "39 degrees, that's pretty high... I think you've caught the flu or something hyung"

The vocalist only nods sleepily in response before whispering "Yoongi I'm tired."

"I know hyung, I know let me take you back to bed okay" Yoongi helps Seokjin up and guides him back to his bed tucking him back under his covers. After doing so Yoongi goes to the bathroom and wets a washcloth to bring down Jin's fever, he also brings some fever reducers to help as well.

"Here you go," He says placing the cloth on the sick man's forehead, "Sit up so u can take these yeah"

Jin does as he's told and takes the medicine. He smiles slightly and pulls Yoongi into weak hug. "Thanks for taking care of me Yoongichi, I love you"

Yoongi's heart is filled with joy at his hyung's cuteness, he truly hopes he'll feel better tomorrow. "Anytime hyung and I love you too"

He gets ready to move away but Jin has already fallen asleep in the hug. He'd never dare to pull his sick hyung of off him so he guesses he's stuck hugging him to sleep all night.

Not a problem at all. x

So is nobody gonna talk about that little blip that just happened here on Tumblr where they tried to turn the search tab into a -

Snapchat/TikTok newsfeed????

Or was that just a fever dream I had?

I've used this one before

That thing where a super sick character tries to stand up but they're so feverish and shaky that they can hardly keep themselves upright, and at first they think they'll be able to walk but after taking only a few steps the floor tilts under them and they fall down painfully. Bonus points if for whatever reason they really really need to get wherever they're going - or at least in their disoriented state they think they do