Well, turns out Frankie wasn't "just sick". Definitely flu and comparing her list of complaints to the CDC's list of symptoms, looks like it's H1N1 (a/k/a swine flu.) Uggh!
Naturally, Frankie felt better in time for school on Monday, and that's good. She, also, shared her germs with the rest of us and we're all droppin' like flies around here. Maura started feeling sick on Sunday night and by Monday morning was definitely sick. She missed school Monday and Tuesday. Then Julia, and she missed school Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Maura started running another low-grade fever Thursday night, so she missed school on Friday. Oh, and I started getting sick on Thursday (fevers are so much fun!)
Needless to say, there has been NO Martha-inspired tasks completed this week. Booo!!! Hiss!!!! It's amazing how fast my house falls to pieces when I'm too busy and/or too sick to do anything heavier than washing dishes, sweeping, or laundry. I'm actually pretty sad and hope I start feeling better enough this weekend, so I can start back up.
Due to my house becoming "Ground Zero" for the flu, my ex in-laws postponed their visit for this weekend. :( I was actually looking forward to them being here but, considering their ages and the fact one just got a flu shot the other day and the other isn't scheduled until next week, there was NO WAY I was going to let them be around all us. At their ages, any form of the flu can be dangerous and I don't want either of them to be sick.
So, for those keeping score, we have: 1 parent and 3 children either had or currently have some strain of the flu (possibly H1N1 - our doctors can run the test to see if it really is but it's $700 per test and our insurance doesn't cover ANY of that cost because it's considered "elective".) Patrick and Amelia are both still healthy, and I hope they stay that way.
Oh, and the ironic thing? Our school district is offering to all students (even Amelia's preschool class, as it's held in a regular elementary school building) and staff free H1N1 vaccines next week. If it was last week instead of next week, we could have avoided all this. Frankie seems to be the one who brought it home the end of last week. Oh well... I think I'm still having the girls get vaccinated, just in case this was just a bout of the regular flu and not H1N1.
Keep healthy!
Mary
PS: Eight years ago today, my mother passed away from a heart attack, while sleeping. I can honestly say I miss her just as much today as I did then. Feeling sad when you have the flu sucks. Especially when she made the best damned chicken soup ever, and I know it would have made me feel better on a day like today.
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