hey babes! could you do an imagine like the times ryder has been sick throughout the years? i remember in one it said since he was born so early he didn't have a proper immune system.
Thanks for the ask!
So as I have mentioned in Ryder’s birth story, he was born prematurely and didn’t have a proper immune system.
Let's get this ask started with some general headcanons:
Ryder had a compromised immune system since birth. But that didn't mean that he was getting sick all the time.
Nico and Will are the kind of parents who take all the precautions they can to keep their kids safe. They were just extra careful during flu season.
From one point onwards, Ryder started building his immunisation with vaccines and all that, so he wasn't in a life threatening situation every time he was getting sick.
Also, he has Nico's IDGAF state of mind, and after a while he was just unfazed to having a fever or a malady.
First time
he was still in the hospital/ meneghitis
Apollo actually ‘blessed’ him and got cured.
Until that happened, Will and Nico were absolutely terrified because the whole situation was out of their hands and they didn't like the fact that their baby boy was suffering.
You can read the whole story here
3 months
It’s February. Bianca is in preschool and it's officially flu season.
Will and Nico are both terrified about both of their kids getting sick (especially Ryder).
Bianca had a strong immune system and had managed to not get sick since she was born (Solangelo considered that a parenting win).
They tried explaining to her that she can't hold her baby brother without washing her hands and being careful, but she couldn't fully comprehend it.
Still, they managed to make it through his first winter without any accidents except for a small fever.
One-year old
The following year Bianca had gotten the RSV from preschool and brought it home.
It was a fun week.
Nico got it from her and Ryder got it from him.
Will aka Mr Perfect immune system that tolerated all viruses ended up taking care of everyone in the house.
Nico was too sick to even throw him a tissue box.
Nico who was feeling better by day two, he took care of Bianca while Will handled Ryder.
He was terrified of how Ryder's lack of immunity would treat the virus. He was watching after him 24/7 to the point Nico was sure he would pass out from sleep deprevition.
"You're his bodyguard at this point." "I'm also his doctor. And your doctor as well. So, as your doctor I'm tellng you to check on our daughter."
Bianca had a high fever for 4 days and couldn't fall asleep at all. Nico managed to soothe her by reading to her 'grown-up' books. Did it exhaust the hell out of an already sick Nico? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
Chicken noodle soup was the saviour of the week.
4-years-old
Ryder got an ear infection.
They weren't sure from where he got it, but Will speculated that he was sick before flying back from Texas and the flight made it worse for him.
First, it was in his right ear even though he kept telling Will that it was his left, as baby Ry was afraid of needles and he didn't want his ear to hurt even more.
In the end it didn't matter as the infection got to his left ear as well.
He had clinged onto his dads, and he kept pressing his finger on his ear to make the pain go away.
He also got the best hugs from his older sister. She insisted on staying with him and reading him books all night.
It was the first time he remembers being sick.
5-years-old
Set the scene. Will, Nico, Annabeth, Percy, the Stolls, Clarisse, Rachel, Reyna, Frank, Hazel and Piper WITH their kids all in the lake house for the week of fourth of July. And suddenly, one by one they start getting the flu. IN JULY.
The only people that didn't get the flu were Nico, Annabeth, Malcolm, Bianca, Zoe and Jasmine.
And they were all too sick to even get out of there, so they were all sick together.
Will suprisingly caught it, and he was stunned about it. He hated being sick and unable to take care of the people he loved.
It also messed his OCD, but Nico knew how to make him feel better.
They were both a bit more concerned as Ryder was in high risk and Jasmine was 5 months old, but despite the discomfort he didn't seem that distressed.
He was rooming with Theo and Eliot and until this day if you ask him, them sick week together -despite how gross it sounds- it's one of the most memorable moments of his life.
I know you didn't ask but Zoe and Bianca were Jasmine's guards and had vowed not to let Bianca's baby sister to get sick.
8-years-old
The year of the trifecta. Meaning: 10-year-old Bianca, 8-year-old Ryder and 5-year-old Jasmine got tonstilitis.
First, Jasmine caught it and passed it to Bianca who later passed it to Ryder. It took almost 3 weeks for their house to be without any sick kids.
Ryder ended up going to the hospital as he was dehydrated from his fever and he couldn't talk from the exhaustion.
But everything worked out in the end.
10 to 15 years old
He got sick every year, but it was mostly just the flu which had gotten a routine to him at that point in his life.
He also learned that he had to be careful and take care of himself all year long.
He's really self sufficient and he likes to work on his own and not depend on others.
15-years-old
Ryder had gotten whooping cough from one of his teammates that spread it to the entire basketball team.
He felt like he was dying. During that point of his life he had broken bones, pulled muscles, gotten his appendicitis removed and is a veteran to the whole hospital departement.
Bianca was also not helpful as she had her AP exams and was a known germaphobic.
Ryder respected both of those facts and despite feeling like shit, he remained in his bedroom. He didn't mind that much as he knew that Bianca was as concerned or even more than their parents about his health.
She brought him chicken noodle soup from their favourite diner, and baked him a batch of brownies. She also talked to him through FaceTime almost the whole day.
The only thing that annoyed him was that he had a hard time after starting to play basketball again.
16-years-old
It was the night before scouts would come to watch their game.
Ryder had tried the whole “I’m fine” routine which translated to “I’m three movements away from passing out, throwing up or both.”
That didn't work with Nico and Will.
And there he was, bed-riden on one of his most important days of his life.
He had a whole conversation about it with Nico as it was eating him up.
He felt like he was in a horrible position by being so vulnerable to every virus that was around him.
Nico told his that it didn't make his weaker, but it was a difficulty he had to overcome in order to reach his full potential. He also promised him that the older he would get, the less annoying the random sicknesses would get.
18-years-old
Ryder is in college when he got pneumonia.
He obviously has too much pride to call home and tell his overprotective parents that he had gotten sick.
He also can't call Bianca who would get hysteric and drive a walk-in hospital to him.
It was also that week in the semester where everything is empty as everyone gets in the exam period mood.
And Theo was bored of Massachussets so he decided to keep his best friend company.
Which meant Theo was being passive agressive and making his life even more miserable :) The best thing that had happened to Theo was when Ryder got too unbothered to even flip him off.
But, in all seriousness, Ryder was grateful for Theo's spontenous trip to his college dorms.