FLU: The sequel
Categories: Fun & activities, Health & safety
I've been (noticeably?) absent on ParentDish for the past couple of weeks, thanks to a particularly nasty bug that cycled through everyone in this household. But wait! It didn't stop there, NO! It took out my parents, my sister and anyone else I regularly call to play with/watch my kids while I take an hour or two to write.Great. Then my husband got it. Which is the worst. Because he never gets sick. But when he does, watch out. So I ended up taking care of three sick babies and keeping my own illness just slightly at bay. Do you do that too? It's not like moms -- especially those of us who are still dealing with babies -- ever get a sick day. So you fight through it so that you can tend to everyone else's needs. (Including 35-year-old men who suddenly think they can get away with sleeping for 14 hours straight!)
By last weekend, we were all feeling a bit better. And then it came back! The aftershocks I guess. Round 2. And today I find myself blowing my nose with one hand, while I wipe theirs with the other. Ugh. Will this ever end? Really, no family should have to spend so much time together indoors unless they are on vacation. They are making me NUTS!
What's worse is that I'm breastfeeding and must avoid my go-to Advil Cold and Sinus. So it's hot lemon and honey for me. Which means I have to wash my hands every time I make a cup, because I'm totally paranoid that Baby Who Must Suck My Fingers ALL DAY might get botulism off my sticky hands. Good Lord I'm going crazy. When will this winter end?
What about you? How are you dealing with cold and flu season? Getting any rest? Getting cabin fever yet?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jessica 3-07-2008 @ 2:49PM
Sorry everyone is so sick--hang in there!
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d. 3-07-2008 @ 2:55PM
my cold went away and then came back. it seemed worse the day it came back but then by the following day, i felt better. it was brutal though, on the mend and then ha ha sick again. let me know if you need anything....
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Sabrina 3-07-2008 @ 3:10PM
We've had it rough this winter too. We've had a total of 5 ear infections, a broken finger (not contagious thank goodness!) 3 bouts of pneumonia, I personally had bronchitis for 14 weeks straight, and both the kids got 3 or 4 rounds of "mystery fever" (no symptoms other than fever). DS and I are *just* getting over this wonderful flu as we speak. My 2-days-a-week daycare provider and I have been switching off having sick kids nearly every week. Neither of us is getting anything done because we're both so busy staying home with sick kids, and I'm sure she's losing a lot of money having to close her business nearly every other week!
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Billie 3-07-2008 @ 3:50PM
Exact same thing happened here, including the second wave! While I am not breastfeeding, I am pregnant and so not taking anything either. My husband thought it was acceptable to go sleep in the basement where he didn't have to hear our daughter being sick in the middle of the night!! Thankfully, we're just coming around which likely means that within a week we'll be hit with something new. What am I doing? That's a horrible attitude!! Here's to spring in 2 more weeks and me not constantly thinking that I should buy stock in Kleenex!!
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Jen Henry 3-07-2008 @ 7:00PM
I'm sorry you're all sick! Get Better Vibes to all of you!!! We were all in the same boat a week ago. I called it A Plague Upon My House http://furoreandfrenzy.com/?p=274
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india 3-08-2008 @ 4:21PM
i soo kno exactly how u feel, my poor son got his fist illness the day before his 1st bday party, throwing up and diahrrea (sp?) left and right i figured it was just sumthing he ate, because he wasnt acting sick he was still laughing and playing no fever nothing, so i went ahead with the party, the second it was over my daughter threw up all over the couch, follpwed by my husband getting sent home from work for it then it hit me in the middle of the nite while taking care of a puking 3 yr old(of course hubby took it upon himself to sleep through it ALL!!) it left all of us by the next morning except my lil guy who ended up having diahrrea all week followed by a finale of 4 foot projectile vomiting of milk all over my just showered self GRRREEEAAT!!! Thought It Was Over..Sun My Daughter Gets A Nickel Stuck In Her Esophagus, And Im Guessing From Either The 5 Hour Waiting Room Stay Where Everyone Had The Flu Or, The Rooms She Stayed In With 3 Sick Children, Ended Up Giving Me The Lovely Strep Throat/Flu Like Thing I Have Now And Gvae To My Super Bbay Of A Husband..gotta love it
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