Thursday, October 22, 2009

Sick Again

This flu season is starting to get a little bit out of control! As everybody may (or may not) know, the flu invaded our house last week. Carlie on Wed/Thur, Lucy on Fri/Sat and then Mon. Now last night in the middle of the night - Carlie AGAIN! She threw up and has the exact fever she had last week. So I am home from work ... again. At this point, I am going to have to start dipping into my vacation days. That would stink. I am wondering if Carlie actually got another strain of the flu - or if this is simply a reaction to her H1N1 shot on Monday. I would hate to think that she was infected by that, but I guess that's possible. We haven't taken the kids in to get the official "H1N1 diagnosis" and Jeff doesn't want to. I guess I would just like to know what we're dealing with. But on the other hand, I wouldn't treat it any differently, would I? So much uncertainty with this! So scary for everybody. I was up about 20 times last night just watching Carlie sleep. With each sickness her asthma gets so flared up. Her breathing is so labored it just scares me to death, and I can't sleep knowing she is sick in the next room. Coffee is my friend this morning and whether the kids know it or not - we're napping today!

2 comments:

butchers said...

Hopefully you guys are just getting it all out of the way early this season. You have had a rough week! Is she feeling any better today? It is a perfect day to nap...dark and rainy....take advantage! Hang in there!!

Lacey said...

I would get her tested for h1n1 (or just flu in general)...they will start tamiflu which really does help!! Hope she gets better soon! :(