I think my biggest fear this year was that we would get swine flu and I would lose one of my loved ones to it. I was near tears daily over this fear. On Wednesday, October 28th, Jose called me and said he thought he was getting a cold, that night he felt terrible!!! By morning, he looked like death and was running a high fever. He went to the doctor, my fear was confirmed!!! I was so scared and worried, I didn't know what to do. I called in on Friday because I had a little cough and was scared it was maybe turning in to something but felt better after a few hours. I heard about a clinic in salt lake that had the swine flu vaccinations, so I packed up the kids and drove down there to wait in the freezing cold for 3 hours without being sure they would have enough. They told us when we got there that they were pretty sure they would NOT have enough! I had to risk it, these are my kids! And the nurse at my pediatrician's office said Zoe couldn't be treated if she got it because she was too little. This of course scared me to death. I was able to get the kids their shots, but I wasn't on the priority list so I couldn't get one, but at least the kids got there. At 4:00 in the morning Saturday morning, Zoe woke up with a fever and all the same symptoms! MY LITTLE GIRL GOT IT!!! I was absolutely terrified! I called the doctor and took her in. She was actually able to get treated. I think the nurse was thinking she was younger than she is. I asked the doctor if we could treat Ky as well since he's had RSV twice and may have asthma. She quickly agreed and gave me medicine for both kids. Monday I woke up with a terrible cough. I'm the mommy...I can't get sick! Who's gonna take care of everyone else? Luckily, I didn't get that sick, just a really bad cough, but not the terrible fever. By Friday I was feeling much better and finally able to go back to work the following Monday. As scared as I was to get it, I'm grateful it's over, now I'm not worried about every person I talk to being infected! What a load off. I hope everyone that gets it is able to get through it as easily as we did. The sad thing is, is that this was halloween weekend, so we didn't get to go trick or treating. I had to put a sign on the door so we didn't infect anyone that came to get candy either. I dressed up the kids even though we couldn't go out, just so I had pictures of them in their costumes.
I think my biggest fear this year was that we would get swine flu and I would lose one of my loved ones to it. I was near tears daily over this fear. On Wednesday, October 28th, Jose called me and said he thought he was getting a cold, that night he felt terrible!!! By morning, he looked like death and was running a high fever. He went to the doctor, my fear was confirmed!!! I was so scared and worried, I didn't know what to do. I called in on Friday because I had a little cough and was scared it was maybe turning in to something but felt better after a few hours. I heard about a clinic in salt lake that had the swine flu vaccinations, so I packed up the kids and drove down there to wait in the freezing cold for 3 hours without being sure they would have enough. They told us when we got there that they were pretty sure they would NOT have enough! I had to risk it, these are my kids! And the nurse at my pediatrician's office said Zoe couldn't be treated if she got it because she was too little. This of course scared me to death. I was able to get the kids their shots, but I wasn't on the priority list so I couldn't get one, but at least the kids got there. At 4:00 in the morning Saturday morning, Zoe woke up with a fever and all the same symptoms! MY LITTLE GIRL GOT IT!!! I was absolutely terrified! I called the doctor and took her in. She was actually able to get treated. I think the nurse was thinking she was younger than she is. I asked the doctor if we could treat Ky as well since he's had RSV twice and may have asthma. She quickly agreed and gave me medicine for both kids. Monday I woke up with a terrible cough. I'm the mommy...I can't get sick! Who's gonna take care of everyone else? Luckily, I didn't get that sick, just a really bad cough, but not the terrible fever. By Friday I was feeling much better and finally able to go back to work the following Monday. As scared as I was to get it, I'm grateful it's over, now I'm not worried about every person I talk to being infected! What a load off. I hope everyone that gets it is able to get through it as easily as we did. The sad thing is, is that this was halloween weekend, so we didn't get to go trick or treating. I had to put a sign on the door so we didn't infect anyone that came to get candy either. I dressed up the kids even though we couldn't go out, just so I had pictures of them in their costumes.
