Well, I might need an Illness category.
Lea kissed the pavement in a big damned hurry last night. I’m guessing flu, given the rapidity of her decline. She was fine as recently as 3:00 yesterday afternoon, but has spent the last 24 hours flat on her back and mostly in a febrile haze. She rang up 104.3 ºF at her worst last night.
Boy, am I glad we spent $120 for those flu shots that the CDC now says might be as much as 40% effective.
Nathan’s still ill, but improving on his antibiotic, and for now, Aaron and I still stand. The two of us were planning to go to church this morning, but Lea wasn’t in any condition to deal with any problem Nathan might have had, so we stayed home.
Poor babies. I don’t like my peeps under the weather.
I have tomorrow off, so we’ll see how everything goes. Could be an interesting week if Lea does have the flu, because she probably won’t get over that for several days, anyway.
I finished BioShock during the boys’ nap time. It’s quite difficult to do a better job with a video game. Highly recommended.
We’re watching the Daytona 500. Sam Hornish Jr. has run in the top ten all day. So far it’s a great debut on this circuit for him. You know, I just don’t think I’m ever going to be a NASCAR guy again, though. I don’t find this nearly as exciting as the IndyCar Series. (Coming March 29 and all in HD this year!)
Guess I better go see about dinner.
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40%?! FORTY PERCENT!? That is TOTALLY f*%&*ing unacceptable.
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Sorry everyone’s sick. My honey came back from her business trip hacking and wheezing. I’m trying to fix her up.
I ain’t much for car racing, but, if anything, I’d take Formula One.
Dude, need some soup? I make it fresh AND I deliver 🙂
I know ‘they’ say that flu shots don’t give a person the flu… but, I’ve had the flu shot 5 times in my life, and every single time I’ve spent a week in bed recovering from the shot itself.
Thanks, Suzie. You’re a sweetie.
Lea’s feeling better, though she’s got a more classic presentation of strep throat now. So she’s off to get an antibiotic today. Nathan’s 90+% after starting his regimen Saturday.
Aaron and I are still standing.
Well, it’s officially not the flu. According to the “quick” strep test it isn’t that, either. So, I’m kind of left with a couple of possibilities. One is that it was just a nasty virus. The other possibility is that it really was strep but that by the time I actually made it to the doctor (I had wanted to go Monday but the best I could do was a Tuesday morning appointment)it was already going away by itself. The “long” strep test may prove the latter theory. Doesn’t matter… I have good cough medicine and I know that I’m not exposing the rest of the family to the flu.
I’m seriously ready for everyone to be healthy now and stay that way for a long while.
Thanks for the moral support for my family.