Flu

It's been a bad year for the flu and it finally hit the Hillins house.  It started in Ashley's preschool room on Wednesday...lots of kids out.  Only 4 kids there on Friday, Mommy was surprised because Ashley was so healthy.  Well she should have knocked on wood because overnight Friday into Saturday Ashley had a high fever.  Saturday she was sick - chills, fever, etc but still happy.  Overnight Saturday into Sunday was another rough night so Mommy brought her into Mercy Convenient Care on Sunday afternoon and they swabbed her for flu and strep and yep, Influenza A for our little girl :(  Mommy started a fever overnight so they put her on Tamiflu too.  

The girls pretty much quarantined themselves and it seemed to work pretty good.  Monday Daddy stayed home from work which was super nice and helpful so that Mommy could rest and get better.  The flu is no joke.  On Tuesday the kids had a snow day from school but luckily Mommy was feeling better but we still stuck around the house and rested.  

We were so glad that the boys didn't get the flu but again, spoke too soon.  Trevor picked it up somewhere because 10 days after Ashley was diagnosed with it, he woke up with a headache (how it always starts) and got a high fever by the afternoon on Wednesday.  So to the doctor we went.  Got swabbed for strep and flu and Influenza A it was for him too.  Poor guy.  He even fell asleep at the doctor's office :(  So Tamiflu for him.  The stuff worked great for Mommy and Ashley but made Trevor throw-up after the first dose but after that nothing.  He stayed home the rest of the week but was totally fine by Friday.  Tamiflu is amazing.  

Then on Thursday night Daddy started complaining about a headache and on Friday he came home from work at 5:15 and went straight to bed.  He started Tamiflu on Saturday morning, slept all weekend and was okay to go back to work Monday.  We disinfected like crazy people and are just praying that the flu doesn't enter the Hillins house ever again!