Sickness

Zach... before we realized he was sick, we took the kids to the zoo on their day off last week. He was too weak to walk & we hadn't brought the double stroller.

Very sick baby girl.

The kids were quarantined to different floors. BJ had the basement. Mr. Social hung-out at the top of the stairs so he could still keep talking & set up a library for everyone to come to...though he didn't get much business.

We have been hit by "the bug"...yes, probably H1N1. Michigan was one of the last states to get it, and also one of the last to get the masses of vaccine. The kids all got vaccinated Monday at noon, Zach we think may have been actually infected earlier that morning. It is nasty stuff, try to avoid it. The characteristic very high temp & strange bad cough, body aches, nausea...the kids all got started on the Tamiflu (anti-viral) which I do give credit for really reducing the fever & minimizing the cough. The boys have been on the mend & Ellyana seems like she is getting some better this afternoon.

As for things I'm thankful for...

*that H1N1 didn't land us in the ER

*very thankful for the medication that I think lessened the symptoms & shortened how long it lasted

*that Ellyana is here with us & can get Advil for her fever

*Brian & I are still healthy

*BJ's asthma did not flare up too bad

*that there is forgiveness for sin...especially for a certain Mom that thinks their kid is "faking" it for a few days till the 104 fever strikes.

*hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, Lysol, anti-bacterial soap & warm weather...to get outside & air this place out

*and that Zach gets to be "Special Me" next week at school, because the teacher says now she can probably count on him not to be sick ;)