Round Two

Our Saturday morning started off like any other Saturday. The kids were excited that Daddy was home and the talk of making pancakes filled the air. Then about 9:00AM, Daniel starts to tell me that his ear hurts. I knew it had to be true by the look on his face. He doesn't ever complain about things like this. So, for the 3rd time this week, I am off to see the Doctor. Sure enough, double ear infection. He was also checked again for the flu. The results will be in on Monday. And the poor little guy had ANOTHER shot of antibiotics in his leg. He was screaming and I broke out into the shakes. It was horrible. Our Doctor then proceeds to tell me how the second round of flu is hitting these children. Not necessarily with high fevers this time, but ear aches, eyes hurting, head aches, deep coughing and the list went on. She said that their office started seeing this near the end of the week and she told me she expects it to be really bad next week. She said that they perk up for a while and BAM.......hits them again. She sent me home with Tamiflu for all the children, nasal sprays and Z-pacs. She told me they are "re-thinking" how to distribute the Tamiflu. So I left the pharmacy today with 7 prescriptions and down $277.51. I couldn't believe it. So imagine the tears from the boy when he hears that he has to take medicine. I line up my bottles on the counter for each child and begin filling the syringes. Andrew goes first.....he has to take two. He makes it through.....it was tough but we got it down. Applause come from everyone while Daniel still looks on crying. Next is Fia. She takes it quite well. She sits up there like a pro. The applause come again. Next comes Daniel.....I don't give him the full 3ml, but probably half that. I figure if it takes me a bit longer then 5 days that is fine. I was hoping if he saw the other two take theirs, that it might be a bit easier for him. I knew he was watching the entire time. Surprisingly, he manages to keep it down. The applause erupts from the kitchen as the other children realize and know how hard it is for Daniel. He had his own cheering section. I'm not holding my breath quite yet. We have many more days ahead of us. For now, I am just trying to get me babies well. They will all be going in next week Tuesday for check ups again. In the mean time, I will be calling Andrew's cardiologist to ask about getting him on the "high risk" list for the H1N1 shot. With his un-repaired VSD, if he were to get the flu and have complications, well you get my drift. It could be really dangerous for him. Currently he has a cough that would make any Mom cringe at the thought of their child being by him. He sounds awful. It scares me when I see him get out of breath. I feel like I want to keep them all home and away from everyone right now. I don't EVER remember it being this bad with sickness. So for now, the tribe is hunkered down in the compound! We have a long road ahead of us.