Our week from H E double hockey sticks

Wow, what a week it has been. It is all a blur to me. I managed to remain healthy while everyone else in our house was sick. Maddie woke up Monday morning feeling worse than she did on Sunday. We kept her home from school. We called the clinic to see if we could get her in to be seen by one of the doctors but they told us that we should keep her home and keep treating her as we had been. They told us that they were inundated with people who were sick with similar symptoms. They told us that if she got worse to bring her into the ER. After lunch I went to Algona to pick up some Tylenol at K-Mart for Maddie. While I was there Adam called my cell phone and told me that Kinnick woke up from his nap with a fever and had started puking. I started getting every cold and flu medicine that I could find and brought it home. Kinnick continued to puke until about 10:30 p.m. By the time we all got to bed Maddie, Adam and Kinnick were all feeling AWFUL! Kinnick did not sleep well, but at least he was done puking. On Tuesday Adam was in really bad shape. His whole body hurt and he looked like he had been run over by a truck. He had a really bad cough too. He spent a good part of the day in bed sleeping. Wednesday was pretty much the same as Tuesday except that when Carter woke up he had a tummy ache. He puked all day long. Not fun. He was up all night last night puking. And then again this morning he was still puking. I was really worried about him getting dehydrated and so I called to ask a nurse if we should bring him in. She told me to see how he did during the afternoon and if he did not get better they would want to see him. Adam went to Algona and got him some Gatorade and pedialyte. By the time he got back home Carter had woke up from a nap and seemed to feel better. He wanted to eat lunch and so we let him start out slowly and he did good. He kept it down. He was a totally different kid. The only symptom he has now is the cough that everyone else in my house has (except for me) and also a low grade temp. The school has asked us to keep Maddie home until she is no longer running even a low grade temp. We have decided to keep her home again tomorrow and let her have the weekend to get better. I think she is bored being home with us. The school said that there were 48 students out with the same thing as Maddie. I am hoping that I wake up healthy tomorrow. That would be so GREAT!