MIA

Where has Sara gone you ask? Well, I have walked to the edge of illness hell and am creeping my way back slowly. Since Sunday I have been a shivering, feverish, aching, vomiting disaster. Greg stayed home Monday and Tuesday and my sweet mother-in-law Marian took care of us today. I'm the proud owner of Tamiflu and an anti-nausea med and frequent Tylenol.

Oh, and in case you didn't know, I'm pregnant! Nine and a half weeks and I'm already putting this poor baby to task. The pregnancy is wonderful but has made this lovely situation all the more complicated. And stressful.

After a useless trip to my family doc today and a helpful phone call to my ob I finally got the anti-nausea meds I need to stop barfing and keep some fluids down. Tonight, for the first night in days, I'm feeling human. Not perfect, but human. I'm thinking I might survive.

Send us healthy prayers. Okay, mostly me, but preventing the rest of my family from getting this would be lovely.

p.s. Is there a doc in the house? (You know who you are.) Could I have gotten H1N1 from my kids after they had their live nasal vaccine? I'm convinced.

One down, four to go

I think THE FLU has hit our house. You know the one I'm talking about. Nathan has run a high fever (103) today, runny nose, etc. There's no conclusive nasal swab but heck, what other illness is there this season??

I am nervous, it seems like my whole family falls into the high risk category for flu complications. There are no shot vaccines available yet so there's nothing we can do.

We'll see what tomorrow holds. Sigh. I'm supposed to head to Yakima this weekend for a sister's weekend that is not looking good.

Thanks H1N1/swine flu/dirty rat/destroyer of weekend plans. The Jones family hates you.