I have been crossing my fingers that Ava was escaping our run-in with H1N1. Yesterday, Maddux and Kevin both reached the 24 hrs fever-free mark, yippee! And they're feeling better too. I got a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel. And then Ava started coughing a bit at dinner and after. I really thought she was faking it. I mean, to a 6 yr old who has been living in a household of people eating whatever sounds good rather than actual meals and getting to lay around on the couch and watch whatever tv they want to, being sick probably didn't seem to bad. In fact it seemed a bit tempting. She had pulled the "I'm sick" card a few times over the weeks of me and the boys being sick, but it was obvoius each time it was fake. I would have sworn her coughs at dinner were fake. But alas, this morning she has a fever of 101 and if I thought those coughs were fake yesterday, they are certainly real this morning. sigh
I want to alternately cry and just curl up in bed and sleep until this is all over. I'm still coughing myself and my lungs are burning with cough this morning. I hope I'm not relapsing or moving to pneumonia, I've had the worst cough of us all.
Kevin is leaving for San Francisco tomorrow for a conference. He can't NOT go. His company has spent thousands of dollars on him. My parents are supposed to come down here from Ohio on Tuesday, because I'm supposed to fly out to join Kevin on Thursday when his conference is over. My dad is hesitant to come down to our germ filled house. He HAS to work the week he gets back. He's an anesthetist and has no one to cover him that week he'd be getting back... the week he'd likely end up sick from picking up our germs. Plus, no one wants a sick person taking care of you during your surgery!
Now I'm afraid that even if my mom comes by herself she'll end up getting sick while Kevin and I are both gone! That would be horrible! So, I don't know what to do. Part of me wants to tell her to just stay home. But part of me still really wants to go to SF as planned. ugh This H1N1 is really not fun at all. I don't wish it on anyone.
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3 comments:
I'm so, so sorry. I feel your pain. It's awful, especially when you can't just be sick and be done b/c you've got a whole sick family to care for. If Lexi comes down with it and we're still stuck at home next week, you could always leave Ava with us ;)
Oh boy, what a quandary. Maybe Ava will be well enough so that your mom and dad (or just mom) will feel comfortable coming still? I hope it all works out well for all of you. :-)
On no! I hope youy all feel much better very soon. I hope your folks still come and that they are don't catch the virus. I'll be thinking about you and keep my fingers crossed that you get to have a nice adault weekend in SF.
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