Project Immunity

Date: 13th Sep 2025

Dear Kapish,

The week started with a lot of excitement when your school announced that they plan to take the Year-1 students on a field trip to Jeeva Farms in Devanahalli.
We gave our consent and you are super happy on what would have been your very first Valistus field trip

Things, however, took a turn when you returned home from school on Monday with a a lot of cough and a mild fever. Over the next 2 days the fever went up and as a precaution, and to your great disappointment, we had to give the field trip a miss!

It was for the higher good as the fever and cough worsened and today, almost 5 days after, the fever still persists and the path to recovery was going to be a slow one this time around 

I even had to travel to Noida for a day and I kept getting updates that in the evening, as I was returning, your fever touched 103F which basically forced us to book an appointment with Dr Poonam who confirmed that you were down with a Viral Fever 
Your energy levels were normal, you ate well (which was big relief) and you even sent me this selfie which you clicked on Mumma's phone when I was in office in Noida
 
This, however, got us thinking that it was now upto us to work with you to improve your overall immunity in the long run… 
This would involve consuming healthy food (which you are already doing), doing some exercises, getting your dose of the morning Sun and also some multi Vitamins to help you along the way

This project, like your current illness, was going to be a long drawn process and it was upto us to be consistent and ensure that we make regular progress on giving you the strength to not miss any future trips due to illness 

Only time will tell if we succeeded and I will surely update this space on the same 

Cheers,
Dado


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