Flu season and other ailments

The flu season hit our home particularly hard this year. Although my husband and I dutifully got our flu shots and made sure that our children got both of theirs, there was a bug that did not think a flu shot meant much. To add to the fun, my son thought "Who needs the flu when there is Scarlet Fever?"

My parents were still north when I got the flu. I had to have my husband come to school to pick me up because I was running a temp, looked like a ghost and nearly passed out in the bathroom! I went home to "enjoy" a four hour nap in between trips to the bathroom. I felt better by the next day so I went back to school but needed frequent visits to the loo. I continued to feel run down for about two weeks, barely ate a solid meal for 10 days, and didn't stop having the bathroom as my BFF until a week later. Did I lose weight? Heck no! I gained two pounds! At the same time I was feeling run over, my mother texted me to tell me that MM's over night trip to Mom Mom's house was a vomiting good time! So she kept her for another day so I did not have to deal with it as well.

Andy waited ten days after MM and I were ill to start being ill. He went to bed early because his stomach felt off, got up and ate a little, and went to bed again before finally getting up so that he could pray to the porcelain goddess for nearly five hours. He is diabetic so I had to be extra careful with him. Mom Mom came up to get MM so that I only had BJ and Andy to deal with. Andy was so ill that he called out from work (rarely does) and had me call his boss (never done before) because he was too sick to talk.

BJ waited until I had a chronic, acute sinus infection to lay on the Scarlet Fever. He ran a temp of 102.2 from Wednesday to the middle of the night Saturday. He was covered in little bumps and his throat was so sore that he refused to eat. We had to force fluids into him. After he began feeling better on Saturday, his rash changed, so I took him to Urgent Care. The doctor said that it was a viral infection. That went away and for the last few days of antibiotics, he decided to be allergic to the meds. Soooo, he just finished taking Benedryl to get rid of the rash from the allergic reaction. Yes, each rash looked different, thank God otherwise I would have no idea that something was going on!

Finally, on a separate note altogether, my aunt has been diagnosed with stage three pancreatic cancer. She had surgery to remove 90% of her pancreas and has begun a torturous round of chemo and radiation. She does not have a thyroid so they are not 100% how to proceed with her. My thoughts and prayers are with her. Please join me.