Our H1N1 week

It was a really miserable week here last week! Ethan started out over the weekend with a fever and headache, and then developed a cough. He perked right up when I gave him tylenol or motrin, so because of that he seemed ok. Then Sunday I started feeling a little weird, and Jonah started a fever. Monday morning Curtis went to Freeport, IL for a project he's working on. He was going to come home Wednesday night, and then leave again Thursday morning with Jonah for Utah. (He always is conveniently gone for all the good stuff- hormonal wife, sick kids, I don't know how he does it) We didn't have school, so we got up and I felt good enough to make pancakes and home-made syrup, and even tried out my new close-up filters on my camera. I will post those later. But as I was cleaning up breakfast I started feeling dizzy and really tired. Then Eli developed a fever as well. Tuesday I was supposed to go with Eli on a field trip, but neither one of us were up for that at all, Jonah spiked a fever of 104.9 that morning, and Ethan stayed home from school as well. I kept feeling Janie's head, expecting a fever any time, but she miraculously didn't get sick, which was and is such a blessing. Tuesday our neighbor Jill brought us groceries and home made chicken noodle soup for dinner. That was another huge blessing. I think because I was up with the kids at night, I also got a cold along with the virus; I had so much sinus pressure I had to sleep with a few pillows propping me up. Jonah's fever broke Tuesday and I thought he was on his way to recovery, but Friday he went upstairs and fell asleep, and when I checked on him he had another 104 degree temp. I took him in Saturday morning to Ready Care, and he had a blood test and a chest x-ray. He also had to have his ears flushed out. He's crying when we're talking to the nurse about it and he screeches: 'Is it gonna be FIRE?' And then when she was flushing out his ear he's yelling: 'Is it BLOOD...BLOOD?!!!' I was almost laughing I tell ya! He also got a tiny little face maks to wear. He could almost be Micheal Jackson for Halloween. All of his tests came out just fine, which is another blessing, I am so grateful that he is doing so much better (he has a hacking cough, it sounds HORRIBLE) but what a blessing that he doesn't have pneumonia or another secondary infection. I was amazed how quickly his chest films were developed and read by the Dr. And I am so grateful for medical care, and Doctors and nurses who work on Saturdays and don't mind working with contagious, grumpy kids!
Curtis arrived hom Wednesday night to a lovely sight, a house full of sick, grumpy people who were going stir crazy from being home together for 3 days. He slept downstairs in the guest room with JK in a pack and play because I could feel the germs coating all surfaces. Sick. Thursday I was feeling well enough and grossed out enough to start cleaning. It feels better but I am still not convinced that our house is safe. Maybe in a week or two.
It was a stressful week but also a week full of blessings. We had neighbors and friends and family watching out for us. I am still catching up on laundry, but that's nothing new. Curtis cancelled his trip to Utah. Too bad, but he got to be here Sunday for the Primary Program, which turned out so very awesome. Hopefully we are good and immune for awhile!