Oink, Oink

Last Friday I picked the kids up from daycare and I could tell that something was wrong with Lacey. I automatically assumed it was the evil little trolls, but after we got into the privacy of my car, she told me that she was just very tired and did not feel good. When we got home, I took her temperature and she was running a fever of 102.6.


I gave her some medicine for the fever and she ate some of her dinner. Then…my child…the one I swear has ADHD sometimes…the one that CANNOT sit still…went upstairs to her room, got in her PJs and went to sleep.

It was only 7pm. And she slept a solid 13 hours.

The rest of the weekend she seemed okay. She was still a little tired and didn’t eat like she normally would. She had developed a cough and was sneezing her little head off. But she played…..oh she played and played. Every now and then we would check her and it would feel like she may have a low grade fever but she was never warm enough to warrant a thermometer.

By Monday, she seemed to feel a little worse. I offered multiple times to let her stay home from school, but she didn’t want to and since she didn’t have a fever I didn’t see a reason to keep her home

Tuesday I called the pediatrician because Zach has been having problems with his asthma. Of course, they would not call in more medicine or change it without seeing him. I decided if I was going to take him, I might as well take Lacey to get her checked out.

She has the swine flu plus a touch of pneumonia in one of her lungs. His O2 levels were at 95% (not good). It cost me $80.00 in co-pays just to have them seen. Then I have 5 prescriptions to pick up this afternoon. Insurance needs to be fixed.  Some woman with 5 kids was in there with me...obviously not working and didn't pay a G-D DIME.  I can't catch a break because I WORK.

It is SO frustrating, but I shall save my rant for another day.

Either way, my little girl had the infamous swine flu and never missed a beat. She even was cleared to go back to school after we left the pediatrician. She is at the tail end of the flu, so why not let her if she wants to, right?   She was contagious last week. 

Let us just keep our fingers crossed that Zach does not get it. Not only is he high risk because of his age, but he also has a chronic lung problem. If he gets a bad case, at best, it would be a hospital visit and I do not even want to think about anything worse than that.