Free Swine Flu Infection!

Anybody want to get the swine flu to get it over with? Come on over to our house, we're swimming in germs!

Yesterday Rebekah woke up with a slight fever and a slight cough. I wasn't too worried because the kids get colds off and on during the winter. But, by 9:30 she wasn't moving much and her cough was sounding bad. By, 11:30 her fever was 104.5 and she wasn't talking much anymore. I gave her some tylenol and put her back to bed around 1:00. At 2:00 she woke up with a fever of 105 and wouldn't stop crying. I figured I'd better take her into the doctor. They got her in pretty quick and the doctor said it looked to her like Swine Flu. Rebekah was having a hard time breathing at this point, so they gave her a breathing treatment in the office. They prescribed Tamiflu and told me to use her inhaler ever 6 hours. She's breathing better today, but still coughing and her fever is lower.

Hyrum started getting it while I was at the doctor with Rebekah. When I picked him up, the baby-sitter said he was fussy and felt a little warm. I took his temp when we got home and sure enough, he was starting to get a fever. He also began coughing sometime last evening. I tried to get the doctor to just prescribe Hyrum some Tamiflu because his fever wasn't going down with the fever reducers and was wavering between 102 and 103.8 . But, the doctor wanted to see him to make sure he wasn't developing a secondary infection.

By this time I was feeling horrible. I started coughing this morning and was really dragging. The body aches started this afternoon. So, when it was time to take Hyrum to the doctor I was feeling poorly as well and Brigham had to be awakened from his nap. When I woke him up he was coughing and had red cheeks- no fever yet (although he has one now as I'm typing this). I called and got an appointment for him too so that we didn't have to make a bunch of trips to the doctor. Timothy came and we took everyone. The boys got checked and seem to be fine aside from the flu- no secondary infections. So, they got prescribed Tamiflu too.

They're all sleeping now, and I'm feeling okay because I took Ibuprofen, but I'm headed to bed early so that I can get as much rest as possible.

So, (since we have three toddlers, and they like to put everything in their mouths and touch everything that they can get their hands on) if you want to get the virus and get it over with now, you're welcome to come to our house and play with the toys and touch everything you can, and you'll get the virus now and not have to worry about getting the vaccine or contracting the illness later. I promise I won't charge you for the service. The virus is free! Any takers? :)

Halloween Fun!

The children seemed to enjoy Halloween. We just took them to the church Halloween party which was on Friday the 30th. They were able to play some games and then go "Trunk-or-Treating". They weren't too sure about the idea when they first started, but when they realized they were getting candy at each car we stopped at then they got excited especially when they got into their candy and could hardly say "thank you" for all they stuffed in their mouths. Since then we've only let them have few pieces a day, but they're pretty excited about having candy because we rarely buy it at our house.

I got really annoyed with Trick or Treaters on Saturday. We only got one family that we actually knew come to the door. There were two adults taking around a little toddler. I gave her a piece of candy and then the adults held up their bags and said- "No candy for the adults?" I think once you're twelve or thirteen you're way too old to trick or treat. So I shook my head, said "Sorry," and shut the door. Next year I'm thinking of putting a sign on the door that says "Feel free to Trick or Treat if you're twelve or younger." Then, if teenagers try to tell me they're twelve I'll tell them that there is a fee for lying at my house. I charge a piece of candy for every year old you are. I'll guess they're age. "You look about 15. Would you like to choose the 15 piece of candy to give me or would you like me to choose for you?"

Another little boy-probably about 5 years old came to the door with his mom and little sister. He said, "Trick or Treat smell my feet, give me something good to eat." Too bad I had already put the candy in his bag before he started in on the "smell my feet" part. What I decided I would next year if someone said that is I would tell them that I don't give candy to children who say rude things, and that there is fee I charge for having to listen to rude words. One piece of candy per word in the rude phrase. That boy would have owed me 9 pieces of candy.