Guess who was up last night with a fever and a case of the pukies?? Nope, it was not Owen, he slept like a rock. It was little Miss Kamryn. She said she felt tired and gunky when I picked her up from school yesterday. Sure enough, she has the exact same symptoms as her baby brother.
The best part about Kamryn being sick, with the exact symptoms as Owen? She can tell me exactly what she feels! She is only feeling puky because the mucus build up in her chest, not because she's sick to her stomach. She doesn't have any of the "typical" aches and pains you can get with the flu. The congestion is making her feel ick and she feels exhausted.
This gives me an idea of what's going on with the little guy. He has been puking off and on but it does seem it's only when he has congestion built up in his throat. He has been tolerating most of his formula feeds. He hasn't had a fever for 24 hours now either. He did take a 5 hour nap yesterday and proceeded to sleep through the night. Clearly, he's fighting something off, but I do not believe that it is the flu. I've held off on giving him the Tamiflu for the time being since he is doing so much better.
Kamryn on the other hand is acting normal. Congested, but otherwise feels better this morning. She got a "get out of school free" card today, since she was puking and fevery. Is fevery a word?
So today we are forced to relax, the kids will sleep and I will continue to disinfect every square inch of my house. We don't want Daddy to get sick and we don't want these germies hanging around our home.. they are not welcome here.
Friday, August 28, 2009
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6 comments:
glad neither is feeling REALLY sick but no sickness is fun. :S
Since you're disinfecting, don't forget toothbrushes. Germs like to hang out there.
As a nurse, I just wanted to let you know that Tamiflu will really only help if it's started within the first 72 hours of the onset of flu-like symptoms, so I guess it's up to you what you want to do. Just wanted you to know that it won't do much good if started later. Hope you're getting some sleep!!
Angie
Poor things! I hope Kamryn feels better soon and Owen can continue to get some rest so he'll feel better soon!
Maybe everyone will turn around for the weekend :) I guess that's already here,huh? Time has caught up on me!
Wow, you guys are having a rough week. The only good thing about kids getting sick is that they are more snuggly!
This must be the third week of school crud. It hit our house on Friday night.. fever, chills, tons of congestion which makes you sick at your stomach.... nice. This is going to be a long year trying to keep Kyleigh well. Sigh.
It is definitely going around. It hit our household this weekend. It started with Zoe (our 13 month old) and then I got it and then my husband. Bad stuff, not fun.
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