For the past 2 weeks or so, our area has been inundated with the flu & a stomach virus. Schools in the area have closed because so many kids are out sick. At the school where I work, there have been several teachers who got sick with one bug or the other & had to stay home several days. During all of this, I have fought some queasiness early in the day almost every day, but it's never become anything more than that. By mid-morning, my stomach settles & I'm fine. No one else in the house seems to have any trouble with any symptoms of either the flu or the stomach bug.
Until today....
This morning began with a surprise---Sarah woke up having an asthma attack about 7:00. Her rescue inhaler did the trick & shut down the attack real fast. Whew! Her attacks are sooo few & far between that we really sort of reach a point of almost forgetting she has asthma and then it hits again. Since today was a church day, we took the inhaler with us to church (we don't usually even bother) and she was fine the rest of the day. She uses a steroid inhaler as a preventative drug when she's had an attack or has a cold so she took that later in the day today, but otherwise, she's been fine. Since she did seem to have a little bit of a runny nose today, I gave her some Benadryl too & she took a nap this afternoon (probably more the effects of the Benadryl than actually being sleepy, though). Whatever works...she needed the rest.
Samuel had a birthday party for a friend yesterday afternoon & he spent the night after the party. They go to our church, so the plan was that they'd bring him back to us at church this morning. Turns out, though, that the birthday boy woke up with a nasty cough this morning. They ran Samuel up to the church & dropped him off so we could get him back, but they left & went back home b/c the birthday kiddo felt so bad. After church, Samuel was incredibly grouchy & said his throat hurt a little. He coughed some & sniffled a few times, so he got a dose of Benadryl at lunchtime, too. He took a nap today, too. He probably needed the extra sleep since he stayed up late last night & hopefully the medicine helped him feel a little better.
Tonight we used a Texas Roadhouse gift card for supper. None of the kids could finish their food so we brought most of it home with us. When we left, Samuel seemed a little "droopy" & while we were walking to the car, I realized that his lymph nodes on the right side of his neck were swollen. Yuck. Since he didn't get enough rest last night, I'm hoping that giving him 24 hours to rest & get his body back in gear will cure whatever is making him feel a little yucky. And to make sure he slept well tonight & didn't spend half the night coughing, he got some Nyquil at bedtime.
Both he & Sarah told us today that they had a productive cough (that's not the words they used, but I'll spare you their descriptions!!!). I am hoping that they're NOT coming down with the flu that is going around. I guess if either of them start running fever, I'll know.
When we left the restaurant, we went across the street & bought some Vitamin C for the kids (all we had was capsules & they needed chewable), some Zicam for Larry, Nyquil & Dayquil and orange juice. Maybe I should've gotten an extra can of Lysol, too. After all, I only have 1 can here. That'll be a nightly ritual til they're all better. Ya know, going through the house & getting all the doorknobs, light switches, and everything else!
Please pray for our family to stay well!!!
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