Swine Flu

That is the official diagnosis for our little princess tonight.  We headed to Urgent Care around dinner time this evening as Clara became increasingly more feverish and her cough continued to escalate to a most unhealthy seal bark.  They tested her for flu, along with strep, since her throat is much more swollen than you would typically see in a flu case.  Her strep was negative, but her flu was very, VERY positive.  Bless her heart...she is beyond miserable.  Her fever keeps bouncing around 103...her throat is screaming.  She hardly eats...hardly drinks and just kind of whimpers every few minutes that she's awake.  Which is most of the time as she is too miserable to sleep!  The doctor sent her home with Tamiflu, something with codeine to help her sleep and phenigrin (sp?) for the pain, and a steroid to help with the swelling in her throat.  Plus motrin for the fever.  It has been a rough, rough day for her and I am so praying for a peaceful nights sleep for her.  I wouldn't mind one myself either.  In light of Clara's diagnosis, the boys are certain that they too get to stay home from school.  EARLY in the year a letter was sent home that stated that if one child in your family was diagnosed with swine flu, then ALL children in the household were to stay home for at least 5 days after the diagnosis.   The boys are counting on that holding true tomorrow morning when I call into the school to find out.  I on the other hand....am SO hoping that is NOT the case.  That the school will welcome them with open arms just as they always do!  I guess we shall see tomorrow morning!  It's time to go up and wake up Clara for her midnight dose of motrin now.  Until tomorrow!