Sorry it took me so long to blog about our health, but I’m feeling much, much better now. :) It will be a long post!
Well, as most of you know, we were all sick last week with the “swine flu.” We’re not sure how we got that but we do know Michael was the culprit, lol. So, it all started last Saturday. Mike was complaining about a sore throat and was a little concerned cause he had to lead worship the next morning. Of course, we thought nothing of it. Sunday came along and I too started developing a sore throat. By Monday, Michael and I were coughing all day and Michael got a fever. (precisely on Labor Day) That night, Emery started with a fever of 101. The following morning, I took her temp and it read 102 and she looked really ill. She was very inactive, and all she wanted to do was sleep.
Well after her nap time, I re took her temp (this time rectal) and it read 102. 5. I called Mike and we agreed that she needed to see her ped. So I called and of all days, all the sick spots were taken. Nurse told me that if her fever kept going up and new symptoms occurred, we were to take her to the hospital. So around 3:00 pm, she started crying and complaining about stomach pains. I got really worried, Mike came home early and after waking up from a nap, we decided to take her to the hospital. That part was really frustrating and tiresome. I’m sure they didn’t think much of her symptoms because we were in the waiting room for two hours before they saw her. Anyway, the nurse saw her and was a little concerned about her high fever and stomach pain so they proceeded to do a strep throat test, UTI, blood work, stomach x rays and finally an influenza test. POOR Emery! She cried sooooo much while they were doing all that, and to top things off, they finished off by putting in an IV. She was not happy!!
So finally, the nurse walked into the room and gave us the surprising news that she had Influenza type A h1N1, also known as Swine flu. We, she, could not believe it because Emery was showing no other symptoms like runny nose, cough, etc. The nurse was even a little hesitant to do the influenza test to begin with because of that reason. But thank God she did. And she did apologize for making Emery do all those tests. They weren’t all in vain though because her blood work did show that she was dehydrated so we had to wait till the IV was finished before we were able to come home.
We got home around 11:30 pm that night and Wednesday was hell for all of us. Especially for me. I don’t know if spending time at the hospital made us worse but we had a bad day. Around mid day I started with chills, sweating, and a fever of 101. I was fatigued, had congestion, a bad cough and I had to look after two girls. Luckily Michael stayed home to help out. Then I was stressing out because Emery didn’t want to eat, or drink anything, but her fever had gone down. In the afternoon, Michael took Ella to the ped to get checked out because she was developing a cough while Emery and I stayed napping at home. Turned out Ella also tested positive for the flu and at that point, Michael and I had no doubt that we had the flu as well. That night I was really messed up. Michael took on the household work and put the girls to sleep while I rested some. Thank you Girado!
Following morning we all woke up a little better. :) But I was still concerned that Emery wasn’t eating, so I made a quick stop and got some popsicles for Emery. Good and fun way to give kids liquid!
Thursday afternoon, we were feeling better and we decided to do a fun project with the girls. We were stuck at home all week so we painted!! :) That was fun!
Friday morning, Michael went back to work and I stayed home with the girls. Thank God we were all feeling much better. I was the only one with a bad cough. Anyway, that afternoon my MIL came to visit us, then we did our nightly routine and Michael and I had a delicious late dinner. Friday’s Jack Daniel’s burgers! :) Though we were feeling a lot better, we had to stay home since we were still contagious. Saturday was a pretty chill day. And on Sunday, we finally took Emmy out. Poor girl was jumping up and down when we took her to the park that afternoon! lol
So after the park we came home and I was sooooooo happy because Emery finally ate a full meal. I gave her a few things and she ate not one, not two, but FOUR cups of fruit. She kept asking for more once she would finish. lol. Of course I gave her as much as she wanted! And Ella was doing perfect!
FINALLY, that night we ended the “swine flu week” with a family movie night. We watched Cinderella and made some chocolate chip cookies. Daddy ate 7! I ate 1! And Emmy ate half of one!
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So yeah! That was our crazy week. It stinks that we all got sick with this flu, but thank God it never became anything really serious. Emery didn’t get any symptoms besides the fever and stomach pain, and Ella got a small cough. The girls did awesome and though both Michael and I had it a bit rough, we are feeling great now! Again we say, thank you all for your prayers, the calls, texts, emails! And thanks to those that checked up on us daily! :)
(More pics coming up of our daily activities!)
