The Dreaded Flu...

My month all summed up with one picture

When I say dreaded flu, I really want to use bad words, but I will refrain from that on the Internet and this blog.  But man, I am so sick and tired of the flu to say the least.  February was our month for the flu, the whole month.  I know you are thinking, oh really, the whole month?  Yes, the entire month...Nightmare

The month started out pretty good, but quickly turned into the sick season at the Bunn House.  It started on the first Friday of the month.  Natalie woke up with a small grade fever, so I took her into the doctor.  I really thought she had a UTI, not the case, but they did not swap her for anything else and she seemed good, so we went on our merry way.  The next day, she woke up with 102.6 fever.  This time, Larry took her back in to the doctor.  Once again, they did not test her for the flu, but did give us an antibiotic, because we still thought she had a UTI. Saturday, Natalie was pretty miserable, but by the next day, she was totally fine.  Monday, the doctor's office called and said her UTI was negative.  We were just thinking virus of some sorts now and she was totally fine.

Wednesday she woke up with 102 fever again, so back to the doctor's office we went.  This time, I asked them to swap her for everything; flu, rsv and strep.  Low and behold, it came back flu A.  We realized it was probably the flu the entire time and now it was too late to give her tamiflu so we would just have to wait it out.  Nice thing is, she was totally fine the next day.  

Carter woke up that Friday morning, running 102 fever!  Story of my life. I take him into the doctor, sure enough, he has the flu.  The difference between my two kids when they have the flu is amazing.  Natalie is mostly fine expect that she just wants to chill.  Carter on the other hand, has the chills, the fever and the throwing up.  He is a terrible patient.  I am just so glad he is not the child with the heart defect, that has to go to the doctor all the time.  

Carter finally was well enough to go back to school the following Wednesday.  The next day though, Natalie starts complaining about her ear.  So I take her back to the doctor on Friday.  If you are following closely, you will have realized I have now been to the doctor's office every single Friday in the month of February, not mention the times I got to go on another day too.

Natalie did have an ear infection, but also had flu B this time!  Give me a break!  I asked Dr. Scott to please, please put my entire family on tamiflu, which she did.  I then spend the rest of the weekend washing towels, sheets and blankets again.  If it could go in the washer, it went.  Otherwise, 6 cans of lysol and 4 tubs of clorox wipes have gone through every inch of the house multiple times.

I even got so desperate that I tried the onion deal.  I read about it a few weeks ago.  You basically cut an onion in half and place it in a bowl in a bedroom.  Onions are suppose to attract nasty bacteria, trapping it.  Let me tell, it did not work at all in my house.  The onion just looked gross, like it had been sitting out too long, which it had (a week). I ended up throwing it away.  

Now it is March and I am praying for a germ free house for the rest of the year! So if you are wondering why I have not written very much this month, it is because I have spent my month in germs, lysol, clorox wipes and laundry detergent.  I even thought about pulling all the clothes out of my kids closets and washing them too.  I thought that was maybe a little extreme, but I did make my kids pull all their toys out and lysol them down.  You can not say I do not have a clean out now...