How about having the oldest sibling diagnosed with H1N1 flu? Yeah, that ranks up there. And yeah, that's what happened. Abby was sent home from school on Wednesday 9/23/09 with a 102.7 fever. We called the pediatrician from the hospital and they said if she had no other symptoms she wouldn't need to be seen. Wednesday night we opted to risk bringing her in meet the new baby- she just had to follow a few extra rules. She washed her hands and used the magic foam soap and only kissed baby's hat. I let her touch his feet too. She seemed OK, but said she was a bit cold and her eyes hurt. I think she was getting "ache-y."
Thursday she felt great in the morning, but Nathan kept her home as more of a precaution. She came to the hospital with daddy and followed her same hand washing and no-kissing on the face rules. She was doing great for most of the day, but started complaining about a sore throat. Then started feeling "hot." As we were in a hospital room, I used the in-room thermometer to take her temp and it was a low 100.2. Within an hour it spiked back to 102.6 and she was looking awful and saying her throat was really sore. So, off to the pediatrician they went. I was fully expecting strep. Not H1N1 flu. The peds office is not confirming cases of H1N1, but treating any flu-like symptoms as H1N1. As there is a newborn and new mommy in the family, they opted to treat her with Tamaflu. Poor kid - more missed school!
On Friday, she and daddy came back to the hospital, but wore masks as a precaution. Every time Abby had to wear her mask or do something she may find "embarrassing" Daddy did it too so she wouldn't feel self conscious. She has been a real trooper about the whole thing and was very careful about doing the right things to keep her new little brother safe and happy.
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