Dad’s World with Jonathan deBurca Butler

Not only was his world turned upside down by the arrival and then disappearance of Christmas but just a week after getting back to school he has been hit by an almighty head cold.
It crept up on him, like a fog in a crime novel. It started with a cough tickling his throat, gradually, the nose began to run, until finally his jaw just sagged and doleful blue eyes were soon framed by these unsightly red lids.