Oink Oink

This little piggy is sick with the swine (H1N1) Yesterday daycare called me around 11:30 and said that Kiley had a fever of 101.9 and that I needed to come get her. I called the Dr before I got her and they said just to watch her, be sure that her fever is breaking and that she is having 4 wet diapers in 24 hour time. All of these things she was doing but she had a really bad night. Chris slept in the recliner with her almost all night and at 5:15 I came downstairs because she was crying pretty bad and wouldn't stop. I thought she most likely was crying because she was achy. I know that their is only a 48 hour window as to when you can treat H1N1 so I made the decision to call into work and take her to the Dr.

Yesterday Kiley's fever would break but she didn't want to eat she only had about 15 oz of formula all day and wanted nothing to do with table food. This morning when she got up she would only play for about 30 minutes and then wanted to sleep. Sleep is something Kiley doesn't do so I knew something was up.

When I got to the Dr Kiley didn't lift her head off of my chest, her eyes were watery and she looked horrible. Dr Henderson said yep she has the flu, of course I got teary eyed. The Dr just told me that my 10 month old has H1N1 people die from that, yes I was scared, really scared. For the first time being a Mom I was scared, scared for my little girl. I know that there are worse things out there that could be going on with my babies so part of me is grateful I'm only dealing with H1N1 but another part of me is scared.

Today we had lots of cuddle time, we spent most of the day in the recliner rocking and taking naps. She would play for a little while but it wore her out pretty quickly. She had 1 dose of Tamiflu and took a 2 hour nap and I swear she woke up a different person. She has been playing now for about an hour, she has taken a whole bottle, eaten some puffs and while Chris and I were eating she was begging for some food!! She had a few bites of tater tots and then some ice cream for dessert. I'm so grateful she is acting better, i know she isn't well yet but I'm not as scared anymore.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the rest of my family stays healthy!