What a Week!!!

Wow! As most of you have already heard, this week has been a very bad week for us here at the Rutherford home. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 I picked Bayleigh up from school and as I was fastening her seat belt she said that her throat hurt. I could tell she was rhaspy and asked if they had yelled at school and she said no, her throat just hurt. I drove her into town and picked up lunch and when we returned home she didn't eat much saying her belly hurt. I said, eat what you can, but don't make yourself sick. She didn't eat hardly anything. So I told her to lay on the couch and take her nap. At 3 pm she woke and felt warm to me. I check her temp and it was 99.1. You could sit there and watch her face turn red, her eyes glass over, and start to droop. Within 15 minutes her temp. had shot up to 101.7. So, I called the nurse and told her the symptoms and she said it sounds like the flu and she needs to be tested. I had 2 options. 1. I could wait til the morning and take her to walk-in, or 2. I could spend a little more and take her to Priority Care. We really didn't think she needed to be tested, but opted with 2. bc I am a germaphobe--to an extent--and didn't want her in the waiting room full of sick kids in the morning, and we didn't want to take off work. Sure enough, she tested negative for Strep, but positive for influenza A. I said, Influenza A? You mean H1N1? The NP said, yes, 98-99% of Influenze A is H1N1. They gave her a script for Tamaflu and told us she does NOT go back to school for 7 days. Wow! Not what I expected.

So, we caught the temp at 3 and by 8 we were home with the script. At 12:30 am she woke up vomiting--(I am going to say violently bc of how it was thrusting her body around--I had NEVER seen anyone sick like that before). We couldn't get her temp to break and it was a mess. I ended up having to take her to the E.R. because she had gone over 12 hrs without using the potty. She ended up being ok, but they said if she didn't go by the evening she needed to come back. She went. We thought she was getting better that evening and her temp was down so she could wear her mask and watch t.v. in the family room--she had been isolated to her bedroom. Kimmie sent her balloons and a stuffed kitty and she LOVED that, but then after 12 she was sick again.
So, now we are into Thursday. She was really puny and her temp was like a rollercoaster, up and down, up and down, but here comes Thursday evening and she is feeling good again. YES!
Friday morning--she wakes at 6 vomiting AGAIN! My goodness poor girl! After that, she slept and seemed to be doing ok. Aunt Rachel and Max put together a care package for her and drove it out. Her and daddy sat and put the puzzle together. She thought her stuff was the coolest--Aunt Rachel scores again. :) This whole time she complained her throat hurt and then Thursday her legs were cramping, but Friday night--she was good to go! She isn't eating much nor using the potty, but from Tuesday evening to early Wednesday--she has improved.
So, today--Saturday--she wakes me up SCREAMING and CRYING that her ears are killing her at 4 am. I got her to go back to sleep and she woke and hasn't complained, has a slight temp--not much of one and ate a cup of peaches, drank some sprite, ate a few crackers, and a gem doughnut. YEEEES! I have her laying on the couch right now watching SpongeBob in hopes of letting her food settle to gain some strength. I am hoping at this point--she is well on her way to recovery! Lets keep her in our prayers and hope for the best. :)

I might add, that Larry and I are perfectly fine. No symptoms at all. Mom, whose been around her too is good too, as are the daycare kids. I was told as long as I spray Lysol and keep her isolated then I can stay open. Larry and I are just exhausted, but we are doing what a mommy and daddy should do and we just keep on truckin'. :)
Now, onto the pictures. One is of Bayleigh at Priority Care with a popsicle they gave her. You can see how red her cheeks are from her fever. The other is over her fever down, masked watching t.v. in the living room. (Sorry the quality is poor--they were taken on the Blackberry).
Enjoy and thanks for reading!
Jenn