SWINE FLU!!!
Yep, you heard it first here (maybe not exactly first here since my husband decided to make the announcement on facebook a few hours ago, so now hundreds of people know!).... Anyway.... my poor little baby has duh, duh, duh.... the swine flu. Ugh, I hate saying it, I hate writing it, and I hate blogging it, but most of all I hate that he has it! It just sounds bad and dirty and just NOT something my little boy should have, but we went to the doctor today and based on his symptoms and a few quick tests, it was confirmed :( If he doesn't look that bad in the picture above it's because he didn't have a fever at this point in the day and when he doesn't have a fever he acts like his normal wild and crazy self, well, maybe taken down just a notch or two.
He was the BEST patient ever today! He interacted with our new pediatrician and let him do all of the tests without fuss. Even Dr. Hall said he did extremely well for "a two year old." Then came time for the blood sample and again the nurse pricked his finger and he didn't even wimper. He just watched what she was doing and then made sure he got a band aid for his boo boo. She said that his disposition had made her day! I think the reason he did so well is because I explained step by step what the doctor and nurse were going to do, i.e., first he's going to knock on the door, then he's going to look in your ears, and eyes ,and mouth, etc. The symptoms that gave it away that it was, in fact, swine flu were the cough, sore throat, and most of all, a fever of 102-104. The good news is that it should be over in 3-5 days. Since he is already on day 3, the doctor didn't put him on the flu medicine. We are just going to keep the fever down with Tylenol, and Motrin, and he prescribed some medicine for the cough.
Hopefully, by Thursday, we will have our healthy little boy back!
2 comments:
hey Lukie, I hope you feel better soon, glad it's just the flu, even if it is the yucky swine flu. Tell mommy to give you a popsicle.
poor little luke! and poor jess and jeremy for having to take care of it! i hope he feels better soon. a girl at work was home for two days last week with her three year old son who had it too. yall stay well!
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