Recouperating!

Tatum and Tj's party turned out great and they got so spoiled! Of course everyone had to watch the football game after we got done having cake and opening presents. Too bad it couldn't have been a good game! Everyone left around 6 Saturday evening. My mom, brother and grandma stayed in town at a hotel. Tatum had been asking all day if she could stay at the hotel with grandma. I really didn't think she would want to when it really came down to us leaving her there but she did and had a great time. When we saw her Sunday morning she said she wanted to stay at the hotel again. Late Saturday night I started not feeling good at all and my cough that I had through out the day got much worse. It was a long night Saturday night and when I got up Sunday morning my whole body hurt and my fever was 102.6. I guess I am glad I was well for the party but am worried how many people are going to now get sick because I might of been contagious Saturday. Sunday I continued to get worse and decided to go to the doctor. They said my sinuses were inflamed again and I had just finished a round of antibiotics so now I have an appointment at an ear, nose, and throat clinic this week to figure out why they won't stay normal. I also was tested for H1N1 and found out I have that. They prescribed me the antiviral medicine Tamiflu and also another antibiotic for my sinuses. I called the girls clinic as soon as I found out I had H1N1 to see if they would treat them just as a preventative and they told us to come to our appointment Monday morning for Tate's 3 year check. All I did Sunday was sleep and lay in bed and rest. Thank goodness for Scott and the older kids helping out around the house and entertaining the girls. Monday morning I didn't really feel any better but knew I had to get up and get ready to take Tj and Haley to school and care for the girls. Our old neighbor Roxanne called and said she would keep Keely if I wanted her to so I took Keely to her house when I took Haley to school. Keely is such a busy girl I don't know that I could have kept up with her or not I felt so awful. I ended up taking Tate for her 3 year check. It went well but by then she had also come down with a bad cough. The girl's doctor decided to treat them both with the tamiflu just as a preventative. After we got done at the doctor Tate and I came home and took a nap for a couple hours. After that nap I knew I felt a little better and my fever had not come back. As the evening went on Tatum got a fever and we have been having to give her ibuprofen since yesterday evening. She did sleep OK during the night and only woke up at 4 am with her fever at 103.5. Today I am feeling way better with the exception of a little cough and lots of congestion from my sinus problem. Tatum woke up in a great mood but still has the fever. Even with the ibuprofen I haven't been able to get it under 101. She is drinking good but not eating too much. As long as we can keep her hydrated that will help a lot. Keely doesn't seem to be showing any symptoms of the flu so lets hope the tamiflu keeps it at bay. Thinking back to last week when Scott first got sick he really did have the same symptoms as I have had. When his started out he had the fever and body aches. By the time he went to the doctor his fever and body aches were gone but had the horrible cough so they just thought it was bronchitis. So the virus has probably been in our house over a week and Haley even may have had it last week when Scott was sick. Tj is doing great so far and doesn't seem to be getting sick yet. He said he doesn't get sick very often so hopefully he doesn't get this. Today the girls and I are just staying home and getting some rest. I am going to try and disinfect everything I can to hopefully kill any virus or bacteria that might be floating around here. Today the kids both get out of school early at 2 pm for a teacher planning day.