Child is ill: organising the day
Not treatment but logistics: contacting the doctor and writing instructions down, a dosing schedule, who stays home, work and school, food and pharmacy.

[ ] Contact the doctor and write the instructions down
    What is prescribed, at what dose, how often, until when, and which signs mean contacting them sooner. In writing.
[ ] Make a dosing schedule and tick off what is given
    Medicine, time, who gave it. Especially important when adults swap: memory fails by day two.
[ ] Decide who stays at home today
    And tomorrow. Shifts between adults work better than one person holding out until the weekend.
[ ] Tell work and move the meetings
    A short message now beats silence and trying to do both jobs. Check how the absence is recorded.
[ ] Tell the school or nursery
    While you are there, ask what is needed for the return and how to get schoolwork if it is a school.
[ ] Make a single pharmacy list
    Everything prescribed plus consumables: tissues, water, a spare thermometer if needed. One trip instead of three.
[ ] Prepare simple food and plenty of water
    Illness is not the time for elaborate cooking. Frozen meals, deliveries, simple food everyone eats.
[ ] Explain to older siblings and keep their routine
    They need simple words and a normal day. Agree who takes and collects them while you are at home.
[ ] Plan how to limit contact if that is advised
    Clubs, plans, visitors, trips. The decision follows the doctor's advice rather than a feeling that things look better.
[ ] Set up a comfortable place for the child
    Water within reach, tissues, a bowl, a favourite toy, quiet activities. Everything nearby so nobody runs around the flat.
[ ] Prepare quiet activities
    Books, audio stories, simple games. Screen time by your own rules, decided in advance rather than at a tired moment.
[ ] Note the symptoms and temperature
    Dates, times, readings, what changed. It is what a doctor asks at the next contact, and memory fails.
[ ] Ask the doctor which signs are urgent
    Which symptoms mean contacting them immediately. Write those signs down and make sure every adult knows them.
[ ] Look after the adults too
    Sleep in shifts, food, ventilation and hygiene. A parent falling ill next makes everything twice as hard.
[ ] Plan the return to the normal routine
    A note if required, schoolwork, clubs, kit. The return is gentler when it is planned rather than sprung on everyone.

Checklist from Unload: https://unloads.me/c/kid-sick-day