It's late and I'm tired

but I really wanted to give my sweet readers an update on Morgan and Maddy. You've been so nice with your comments here and on Facebook. Not to mention the emails I have received.

As most of you know, Morgan had H1N1 about 3 weeks ago. She ran a very high fever and had all the other classic flu symptoms. Tristan had it at this time too. I eventually took him to the doctor because his cough was not improving and I was worried that he might develop pneumonia. Fortunately, we caught that in time and with some Zithromax he was (and is) good as new.

I thought we'd kicked this piggy's tail-end, but this weekend it seemed to be making an ugly and unwanted comeback. Morgan began running fever again. I could tell she didn't feel as miserable as the first go round, but 103+ is just out of my comfort zone on temperature. I knew that today she had to go to the doctor.

The doctor was sure she had the flu. She wrote the prescription for Tamiflu before the rapid test was even done. But surprise, the flu test was negative. Meanwhile, Maddy is exhibiting similar symptoms. She didn't get a flu test at all. (Not sure why, now that I think about it.) So, what's a momma and doctor to do?

Well, it might be over kill, but Morgan is now on Tamiflu and Zithromax. Maddy's just on the Zithromax. (Maddy is not in a high risk group and wouldn't get Tamiflu even if she'd had a positive test).

Is this a race to see who gets better first? With these two meds on our side, I expect quick results...with two winners.

Rain, rain, go away...and a request for prayer

It's raining here again. This has been a very rainy October. The weather has been confusing and I've even seen some things blooming, thinking it's spring.

This has been the view for quite a while. The sunny days are so few and far between that they're forgotten almost as soon as they're gone.

Our family seems to be completely recovered from the H1N1. Tristan's was trying to turn into pneumonia, but we caught it in time and were able to knock that out with some Zithromax. There is still some lingering coughing, and maybe some extra fatigue on long days, but we're so much better off than we were a couple of weeks ago. I appreciate all the comments, emails, and prayers. They all worked to cheer us up in those dreary days.

There's another family out there in blogdom that desperately needs some prayers. Jennifer, better known as MckMama, and her husband have a baby that's really struggling health-wise right now. Stellan was born with SVT (if you want all the nitty gritty on SVT and to read Stellan's story, please visit Jennifer's blog) and he's fighting a bad case of it right now. He's in the hospital and really needs some prayers! And to add insult to injury, today is his 1st birthday. Not the party his momma and daddy were hoping for, I'm sure.







I hope all my bloggy friends and their families are staying well!

Love,

It goes on and on and on and....

My sweet Bubba is feeling bad again. It started last night with another fever. Although not as high as last week, I didn't like the fact that it had been less than a week since he had the flu. He's had a residual cough since then and I was praying that we weren't heading to pneumonia territory.

I took him to the doctor this morning despite him telling me how much better he felt. I've noticed that he gets very nervous about going to the doctor. I'm wondering if it started back in January when he had his appendix out. The surgeon didn't have a very good bedside manner and really hurt him when she took his drain out a few days after the surgery. After that experience, I can't blame him for being apprehensive.

The doctor heard some fluid in his lungs, but not enough to warrant an x-ray. She also did a flu test just to make sure it hadn't crept back in. That was negative. She put him on Zithromax while encouraging me he should be well on his way to recovered in a day or two. The sooner the better is all I can say, and I think Tristan would agree.