I think that taking care of sick people stinks! I'm just not cut out for it. Last night, I was so exhausted that I went to Wal-Mart, just to get away from my whiny, hacking, crabby kids. I couldn't stand to listen to the sound of constant coughing anymore. I just couldn't.
Also, we needed more Children's Tylenol, but sadly, we were out of luck. There was NONE. The shelves were completely cleaned out. I couldn't find ANY children's pain reliever, not even generic. Also, there were about a dozen people lined up at the pharmacy for prescriptions. I've never seen a line so long there.
I know that there are people who say that the whole "swine flu epidemic" is a big government hoax, and it's not really serious, and it's all a cover-up designed to sell vaccines (ahem - I will reserve comment on all of this), but I'm here to tell you that it's hit my kids hard. In fact, I've never seen Cakes so sick. She rebounded a bit yesterday morning, but for the last two days, she has taken 3 to 4-hour naps. This is unheard of for her. Also, she had a 101.5 temperature, even while on Tylenol. Bee, though her temp hasn't been as high, coughs pretty much non-stop, and is completely miserable with headache and body aches. They both refused to eat yesterday, and Cakes hasn't eaten in 2 whole days.
So, yeah. I believe the government when they say it's serious.
Right now, it's spreading rapidly in our area. My stepmom said that at her workplace, many, many people are out sick. My Dad works at a small college, and the last time I talked to him, they had almost 40 people out with flu. My husband said that he appraised a house a few days ago, and the owner was home with flu-related pneumonia. I talked to our local librarian yesterday, and she's almost afraid to come to work now, because there are so many people coughing.
Right now, I'm listening to my own child, who just woke up, cough her poor little head off. I can tell that it's going to be another very long day, but thankfully, I still feel fine. I'm amazed, truthfully, and grateful. I picked up a respiratory illness while pregnant with Cakes, and it knocked me on my butt. I had to rent a nebulizer, because I just could not breathe, and I'm not eager to repeat that experience.
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Thanks so much for posting this! I was feeling horribly selfish, I've been at home with sick kids all week and am ready to tear my hair out. And my kids aren't anywhere near as sick as yours are, there was only a day or two where they really felt wretched. Now it's just a matter of getting rid of the fever, they're still too sick to do anything, but not so sick that they don't want to be up and playing (and arguing and squabbling and begging for me to take them out somewhere).
3 out of 4 of my kids have it. Well the first to get it has been back to school this week, but still has an awful cough. My 6 year old daugther got it on Tuesday night and now my 4 year old son woke up with a fever! So now the only one left is our 20 month old daughter. But I fully expect her to get it too! It's terrible but not as terrible as the media is making it out to be. My 4 year old has asthma so we'll be watching him closely. Hopefully he'll get through it ok. I went to the grocery store two nights ago to get some childrens motrin and they were looking pretty bare there too! Crazy! Hope your girls get better fast! And I hope you stay healthy too!
Oh no - that sounds terrible - sounds like it sure has hit there bad. Praying for a quick recovery & that you don't get it.
Bleh, I was just in the ER yesterday for something I was sure was H1N1 (it wasn't - just a viral upper respiratory infection). They told me because I was pregnant there were no antivirals I could take - just symptom management. Great. Anyway - here's something you don't hear often: I'm an RN and I hate taking care of sick people too! Lol! Not for the same reasons probably (I'm always freaked about a patient dying on me, blood pressure dropping suddenly, etc.), but I hate it! It's a good thing I found my current job on an inpatient psychiatric floor or I would definitely have gone back to school for something else. I love psych nursing though, so many fun stories! Lol!
My house has been layed low also...and I've been very sick for 2 weeks now. It's not the swine flu but this crazy respiratory thing. I think the swine flu is getting credit for stuff when its not that. But what does it really matter...there seems to be lots of bag bugs this year and its crazy! I wonder if its a natural cycle or if this is the beginning of more to come in the future.
Wow! I feel kind of sheltered out here in the country. I hope your girls feel better soon!
Stay healthy Heather! Good luck getting through this.
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