Tis the season...

...for the flu bug! O yeah, that wonderful little thing has landed itself a snug spot in the Wells's house right now. Here's how we found out. Sunday, Abby was acting like a crazy person all day. She fussed at both of us ( usually I am the only one who gets the mean looks and the grumpiness ) all day long. We kinda thought she was just getting another cold...no biggie. Monday and Tuesday were a little like Sunday, not too bad though. Wednesday morning Abby and I go to a friends house to watch her little boy for a little bit ( I had told her before hand that Abby had a cold ). I could tell that she was getting worse, but nothing, I thought, a little nap wouldn't cure. Well, being the brilliant mom that I am, and knowing my history of ear infections and tubes, I decide to make her a doctor's appointment just to make sure nothing else is going on. I guess I should have figured it was pretty bad when she napped at my friends house, and when we came home she slept for another hour, woke up and drank about two cups of water and went back to bed till I woke her for the appt. When I woke her up her little cheeks were so red it looked like she spent a month at the beach with no sunscreen. When we get to the doctor the nurse asked me if she had been running a fever. "Nope" I say, she's just a little warm because she just woke up from her nap. The nurse took her temperature and said " Wow, 104". She actually showed me the thermometer ( I think she thought I thought she was making it up or something, or maybe she thought what an awful mom I am for not knowing my child was running such a high fever), either way, it was bad! My heart literally stopped for a second. I mean really, who would not know their baby is like half a degree away from having to go to the emergency room. When the nurse left and we were waiting for the doctor to come in I was still in a serious state of denial. I was thinking, wow...this is one heck of a cold! So the doctor comes in and says " I am pretty sure she has the flu, actually, I would be surprised if she doesn't" Great news, it's not a cold and she doesn't have an ear infection. My poor baby, she was absolutely miserable! The flu test came back positive( and yes, she did have her flu shot this year) and the Dr told me that Dave and I should go get ours asap. I go Friday! Dave is already sick, not sure if it's the flu or what, but it is in our house and in our systems. Luckily, I have not felt bad(knock on wood)yet, and I am pretty sure I have OD on anything and everything vitamin c around here. Today Abby is doing great. She is such a little trooper. She is still running a little fever ( I actually checked this time ) but she has been playing and eating today. Her doctor told me it would last about five days, so we will see. She also told me to not worry if her breathing becomes rapid. WHAT?!?! O, Ok...not going to worry. Of course I slept with the baby monitor on full blast and basically woke up every hour to check on her ( but I was not worried ). At least this didn't happen during Christmas and even more important...it's not a staph infection!!!