H1N1 ---- Go Away Germs!

As my mom would say "Go Away Germs" (taken from the Bill Cosby show when Rudy was sick--good episode), we need the germs to go away from us. Kaitlyn has been sick since Tuesday with fever, cough, vomiting, diarrhea, and runny nose. It has progressively gotten worse and her fever returns after the Motrin wears off. Having both Kyleigh and Kaitlyn home together was difficult. Kaitlyn was made to wear a mask and stay in her room away from the family common areas and Kyleigh. She only came out to go to the restroom. Thursday afternoon, I had reached a level of exhaustion with caring for a fussy Kyleigh and a sick Kaitlyn that I called for reinforcements. My mom gladly came and took Kyleigh to her house where she was happy and playful. This allowed Kaitlyn to come out of her room and enjoy some time playing Candy Land and pretend play with mommy while she wore a mask still.

Today mom called and said that Kyleigh had gone from happy go lucky to running a fever. So I made the call to the pediatrician office explaining that Kaitlyn was not improving and Kyleigh was now running a fever. The appointment was at 5pm so Dennis arranged to get Kyleigh from my parents and Kaitlyn and I met them at the office. Dr. O'Kelley says that Kaitlyn is still fighting the H1N1 flu and that now Kyleigh is exhibiting the same symptoms. Now the state won't pay for testing to confirm but it is clear her signs and symptoms are following the same path. Therefore, he prescribed her Tamiflu but said it was too late for Kaitlyn to begin the Tamiflu and based on her symptoms and age it didn't seem applicable for her to have taken the Tamiflu on Tuesday. He said that the cases of H1N1 that he has seen have not been anywhere near as scary as the reports we have seen on television. I sure hope he is right. He says that Kaitlyn has about 3 or so more days of symptoms before she starts to make a turn around and that the Tamiflu would help reduce the time frame of Kyleigh's illness.

If either starts running a higher fever or showing signs of a secondary illness we have to go back to the office.

Needless to say we are looking forward to having sickness out of our household.