If you were to visit our house today (and I advise you to not do so), you would find three people sitting around the living room coughing.
It all started Thursday night. C. (11) was coughing a bit before bed, but I thought Hey, no big deal. Kids cough sometimes. But then he visited our room at 4:00 a.m., asking for medicine, and informing me that he’d been delirious for half the night. Hmm…
C.: Fever, cough. Needless to say, he stayed home from school on Friday.
But I took L. to preschool, since he was as happy and energetic as ever. But by the time I picked him up from preschool, though…um…not so much.
L.: Fever, cough, falling asleep on the couch in the middle of the day.
By Friday evening, both kids were feeling pretty rotten.
I called the pediatrician Saturday morning, to ask him about L., since L. is kinda-sorta being watched for potential asthma. I told the doctor what was happening, and he said that judging by symptoms, the fact that family members and Sunday school teachers have been diagnosed with swine flu H1N1, and the fact that apparently, the H1N1 disease is taking over our community, it was likely that L. does indeed, have the dreaded flu. Great.
Because of L.’s potential lung issues, the doctor prescribed Tamiflu for him, which has turned out to be a mixed blessing. One dose of Tamiflu was enough to make L. start feeling better. However, it now seems he feels just good enough to be really ornery and to throw large fits when things are not going his way. And also to run around like a maniac instead of resting.
Saturday afternoon, I started with the cough, and Sunday was basically miserable for me.
Me: cough, fever, headache, exhaustion.
Today is Monday, here’s the status:
C., L., me: no fever, more energy, lots and lots and lots of coughing.
Both kids are home from school today — C. because he still had a slight fever last night and because of all the coughing, L. because of all the coughing and all the orneriness.
So is this H1N1? I have no clue.
We definitely all felt miserable for some length of time. We had the signature coughing and fever. But not so much with the body aches and pains that typically accompany the flu. Half of C.’s class at school is absent, and the school secretary was able to give me a play-by-play of exactly how this disease progresses. So whatever it is, it’s sweeping through the school. And there have been quite a few cases of H1N1 at our church, which also houses L.’s preschool. So it’s certainly feasible that we caught that particular germ.
But without a swab test, we have no way of knowing. So we just treat the symptoms and hang out at home. And cough. A lot.
Today, I predict some movie-watching, some Wii-playing (MySims Agents is the game du jour), some reading, some medicating, and lots of hoping that we’ll all be better very soon.
Oh dear, it sounds bad. Will be praying for all of u…take care..
I hope you all get better soon. x
Being sick is absolutely no fun at all! Prayign for a restful 3 year old (hey,it’s possible!) and recovery for all of you!
Feel better soon! I had it, as did my husband and half my kids, the others never got it. At one point, many classes were running at half attendance, with lots of subs. I’m 6 months pregnant and either cracked a rib or pulled a muscle coughing (they couldn’t x-ray to find out which!), so it’s definitely not fun! Everybody seems to have come through it okay, though, hopefully you’ll all be back on your feet (so you can catch L.) pretty quickly!
I agree that a sick kid who feels just good enough to complain is a tough thing to deal with, but I’m glad that you are all on the mend.
I’m glad that it was all over relatively quickly as well.
I know exactly how you feel. My son started it, then my husband, then me and then my daughter. All of us had a fever and a cough. The kids school had about 18% out sick last week. None of us were bad enough to go to the doctor so I don’t know if it was H1N1 or some other virus. I sure hope our family and yours are done with it.
oo I sure hope you guys all start feeling better soon! No fun.. H1N1 is really bad in my area as well!
Oh My, praying for all of you.
Joyful
I’m in favor of all feeling better soon. I haven’t had anything but a dry cough. I don’t believe my symptom is indicative of anything.
Hope Chad stays clear of any symptoms. Praying for you-all, Mom
We all had H1N1 are are recovering now from the persistent cough that it brings. Your symptoms sound exactly like what we experienced. My son got the worst of it by coming down with a secondary bacterial infection in the form of pneumonia and an ear infection and a fever of 103.9.
Does L have frequent brochiolitis/RSV? My son has had it four times in his 20 months and his doctors have a nebulizer in our house for his coughing. I’m dreading the flu but right now the allergies are killer! The one thing that has helped most, though is doing exercises to open his airways in the bathroom after bath. The steam and exercise have helped him. Though we still get the joy of zombie man when he takes the levalbuterol or pulmacort.
Oh my, so many sick at the same time, and you too, you poor thing
I hope everyone gets to feeling a ton better soon and those nasty coughs go far away. {{{hugs}}} Feel better!
We’ve got it, too. One by one, the kids and now I have been dealing with the flu symptoms. I have bronchitis, too. Just wanted you to know you’re not alone.
One thing I’m going to research is … can we get it a second time?
That possibility freaks me out a little.
I hope you guys are all feeling better soon!
Ah yes, it’s been to our house too! My daughter missed a whole week of school, was fever free for a week, and is now having on again/off again fever recurrences! Then I had it, had to miss two days of work, and finally the cough and sinuses seem to be drying up a bit. Hope you all clear up soon!
I’ve escaped the flu, in it’s various forms so far. I’m not around any kids so that helps, I think. I hope you all feel better soon!
That’s horrible to hear! I’m just now getting over whatever the heck it was that I had. I do have to say that having a pre-schooler who is feeling find and then me not feeling so fine is not a good combo. I have a little one who likes to prey upon the weak. Not pretty.
I know exactly how you feel! I have the same symptoms and had no idea it might be H1N1. It thought it was a bad cold. Had a sore throat starting Saturday and Sunday I could hardly talk, lots of coughing. Yesterday even more coughing and a fever. I caught it from my brother and now Mom is starting to feel sick.
I hope that if I’m going to catch H1N1 that was it and now I’m immune. I feel pretty much better at this point, but still have lots of coughing.
Oh man!! I sure do hope you all get plenty of rest … and praying you feel better soon!
Im into day six …feeling a little better but still have a mild fever and bad cough. Trying to keep from spreading it to wife and two kids!