His fever continued to soar all day Monday, so I took him to the doctor that afternoon. He has the flu. As in THE flu... the one he got a flu shot for this fall. That highly contagious beast that everyone tries to avoid each year. His fever continued until Tuesday evening. He is still achy and coughing, though, so he will probably stay home from school until Friday. The doctor also found that he had an infected lymph node and swollen tonsil, so he is on antibiotics (AGAIN!!!) for that. The other bad news was that he and Annelise would have to be kept as separate as possible, which has brought them to tears on several occasions in the last two days.
And now to Annelise. Last night (Tuesday) she developed a fever of 103.1. I knew she would have to go in first thing this morning, so I called and the earliest they could see her was 11am. They did that horrible flu test for her (nasal swab... ugh!), but also looked at her ears. BOTH of her ears are infected again (she just finished the last round of antibiotics on Sunday). The great news is that she doesn't have the flu.
This is what a portion of our day looks like. (I'm taking this from the stairs looking down into our basement/family room.) I have been getting movies from the library like mad! Danny and I have also been putting together lots of big jigsaw puzzles and painting with watercolors. If the kids fall asleep, they get a nap... otherwise no naps because then they end up staying up late (yes... 10:30, even if they are sick!). Annelise should be able to go to school tomorrow, considering she is not contagious. Randy and I have been juggling teaching and watching the kids. I feel a little isolated right now, so I'll look forward to everyone being healthy again.
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Ugh. Sounds terrible. I hope you are on the road to recovery and normalcy in your household. I was down with the flu last week, but I think I'd rather have it than poor Jakey. Nate and J. did pretty well while I was out for a day and a half.
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