H1N1 @ the walker house... [Archive] - Digital Scrapbook Place

SuzanneCWalker

10-13-2009, 10:46 PM

hey, guys. maggie was diagnosed this afternoon with the H1N1 flu. molly was starting to run a temp before bed.... the on-call nurse said that it sounded like molly's coming down with it.... whoops! molly just came down - she's running a 102.6... fortunately, the nurse said that we probably won't have to go in again; we can just have them call in a prescription for the second (and third and fourth) kids.

anyway... this is a loooooooooong story, just to tell you that i am going to postpone introducing our fab challenge until next monday. i'm so sorry to tease you guys... but it will be worth it... :) :) and in the meantime, i'm thinking that i'll be curled up on the couch between four sick kiddos for the next few days... wish me luck... this just really stinks. i'm trying to get the silver lining thing... i'm hoping that if they go through this, we won't have to worry about this swine flu thingie any more..... right?

sigh.

Kathleen

10-13-2009, 11:20 PM

Hope it runs its course quickly and without too much pain! And I sure hope that if they have it, you don't have to worry about it again!!!

I'm playing nurse at our house too... bronchiolitis, but the more I read the more questions I have about the source (a flu strain, RSV, etc.). We go to our regular pediatrician tomorrow We were in the ER last night), so hopefully more information will be forthcoming.

Muma

10-14-2009, 12:08 AM

Oh Suz ... sorry to hear this. Amy has just got over a 4 week long sinusitis with the help of antibiotics. I hope your little kiddos don't suffer and will be thinking of them over the next week.
As far as bringing in the challenge ..... when ever you are ready and the extra time will just allow everyone to have a fun guessing what it will involve :D.

just-pjz

10-14-2009, 12:11 AM

Take care Suz (and Kathleen!)
Hope your kiddos run thru it quickly and without complications....feel better soon all!

jemtred

10-14-2009, 12:33 AM

Hope it goes away quickly! Take care of yourself too!!

Shana34

10-14-2009, 01:36 AM

Oh man, I hope they get well quickly. Take care of yourself...no sickies for you!

bendipez

10-14-2009, 02:22 AM

Best way to get through this is make sure everyone has their own snuggie !!
Somehow you don't feel so bad when you look so silly !!!

Sammimagoo

10-14-2009, 02:54 AM

hope you all recover quickly..there is nothing worse than a sick household..I have just gotten over that one...

sammdc

10-14-2009, 05:38 AM

Suz hope they all make a speedie recovery and you dont catch it x0x0x0

scamptx

10-14-2009, 06:06 AM

Awww, Suz, I'm sooo sorry that everyone is getting sick! Hope you stay well--try to rest and boost your immune system!

SuzanneCWalker

10-14-2009, 07:20 AM

SuzanneCWalker

10-14-2009, 07:21 AM

Best way to get through this is make sure everyone has their own snuggie !!
Somehow you don't feel so bad when you look so silly !!!

OMG - i just literally GUFFAWED!!! that is a riot!!!

stitchmich

10-14-2009, 07:21 AM

Sorry to hear this Suzanne and Kathleen. I hope it passes quickly and you don't get it. It seems like all the sickness is starting early this year. Now, go snuggle. :hug:

Jenni

10-14-2009, 07:59 AM

Oh Suzanne! Bummer! Hope all of the kids are feeling well again soon!

AliceAMattison

10-14-2009, 08:24 AM

Sorry to hear this, Suzanne! Hope your kids get well soon! And, take care of yourself while you're nursing the household.

HeatherH

10-14-2009, 08:39 AM

Yikes! So sorry to hear this, Suz. Take care of those sick kiddos and I hope you don't catch it yourself!

Sharon Lyn

10-14-2009, 09:00 AM

Hope the kids get well soon and you better keep up the vitamin c

TalyQ

10-14-2009, 09:30 AM

So sorry to hear that. All my kids have been already sick with something little, and keep hoping they won't get anything bigger, but with 5 of them in school, that hope is very thin. Take care of your family!

chanmansmom

10-14-2009, 08:34 PM

chanmansmom

10-14-2009, 08:36 PM

BIG HUGE HUGS SUZ!!!

GET THE WALKER FAMILY WELL!

:hug:
Debbie

Donut

10-14-2009, 08:39 PM

Oh no! I hope they get over it quickly and painlessly, and you don't catch it Suz!

Corgi Lover

10-14-2009, 09:13 PM

Oh you poor thing. I hope they come through it quickly and you don't get it. HUGS!

GrandmaCrys

10-14-2009, 09:17 PM

:yikes: :yikes: Nothing worse than having your little ones ill. Hope this passes quickly! We'll keep your entire household in our thoughts a prayers. :pray: :pray:

Scrapping4Him

10-14-2009, 11:10 PM

Big hugs Suz! I hope everyone comes through this as quickly and painlessly as possible - including you!!!

Audrey

10-14-2009, 11:17 PM

Sorry to hear this, Suzi! I hope everyone gets over it quickly and that you don't end up with it. (((hugs)))

jennilynn10

10-14-2009, 11:18 PM

So sorry to hear this Suz! I hope your kids get well very soon!

sandygb

10-14-2009, 11:36 PM

Yucco Suz! I hope everyone has a mild case of the stuff. Wrap up and take care...

sanra

10-14-2009, 11:45 PM

Lots of good thoughts coming your way for a fast recovery. Miss you and hope you don't get it.

wndyeliza

10-15-2009, 07:54 AM

:yikes:Oh my darling! I am so sorry.:worried: We are working out how we are going to handle H1N1 at the hospital. I bet your just as confused as we are. Rest, Tamiflu if indicated, symptom control, and a day at a spa when this is over if all called for.
:hug: That's for all of you, Suzi. We'll be patient. :love2:

HeatherL

10-16-2009, 12:13 AM

Sorry to hear about your family Suz. I hope they recover quickly. This is going to be a bad year for the flu all the way around. Hugs to you and your kiddos. Now off to wash my hands.

wndyeliza

10-16-2009, 10:26 AM

oh man Suz....I feel like a real jerk!! Why didnt you tell us hecklers over in the KISS thread? We have been harrassing you all week and you havent said a thing.Ok, see my foot,well it is now in my MOUTH!

I hope that you & your kiddos get well soon! Having sick little ones is so heartbreaking.
God Speed Suz!!!

NO MORE Teasing the Suzi Q.

I have a bit of "athlete's tongue" myself from having my foot in my mouth for so long....;)
But I don't know if I can stop the teasing part...the llama's are getting restless again....:yikes:

SuzanneCWalker

10-16-2009, 10:33 AM

oh man Suz....I feel like a real jerk!! Why didnt you tell us hecklers over in the KISS thread? We have been harrassing you all week and you havent said a thing.Ok, see my foot,well it is now in my MOUTH!

I hope that you & your kiddos get well soon! Having sick little ones is so heartbreaking.
God Speed Suz!!!

NO MORE Teasing the Suzi Q.

debbie, get that foot out of your mouth!!! i LOVE your heckling!!! seriously - you make me grin like a big ole fool every time i see you!!!! :) :) :)

Scrapping4Him

10-16-2009, 10:40 AM

debbie, get that foot out of your mouth!!! i LOVE your heckling!!! seriously - you make me grin like a big ole fool every time i see you!!!! :) :) :)

LOL she does that to me whenever I get together with her too :p

SuzanneCWalker

10-16-2009, 10:44 AM

lol, wendy, do NOT put lamisil on your tongue. i just read your blog on the h1n1 learning curve - sooooooo awesome! you rock, dude!

SuzanneCWalker

10-16-2009, 10:44 AM

LOL she does that to me whenever I get together with her too :p

oooooooh, you're so lucky! you get her LIVE???

Scrapping4Him

10-16-2009, 10:46 AM

oooooooh, you're so lucky! you get her LIVE???

yep :tup:

SuzanneCWalker

10-16-2009, 11:04 AM

yep :tup:

man, can i come play, too???!

wndyeliza

10-16-2009, 11:14 AM

lol, wendy, do NOT put lamisil on your tongue. i just read your blog on the h1n1 learning curve - sooooooo awesome! you rock, dude!
:D Thank you! I realize that it isn't politically correct. But ok, I can live with that. We now have a policy of no children under the age of 12 visiting in the hospital until March 30th when the flu season is "over". I KNOW that I will be on the receiving end of some phone calls from nurses telling me to chase out mother's little darlings. We have already gone through the berating from a family member bringing a runny nosed 8 year old to see someone in OB with a new baby. (What do you mean I can't bring my son in!!! I"m going to talk to adminstration. Ok, be my guest, let me show you the door to that office. But really, how rude and insensitive to bring a sick child to see an infant that this child could care less about at this point AND infect this infant with whatever your child has. RUDE and SELFISH...) Unless I come down with H1N1 first I'll be getting the vaccine next week. But I am sure that I have been exposed working in the ER.
Suzanne, my darling, whatever I/we can do to make your time being the caretaker of sick kiddo's I'll be happy to do. You have got to be going a bit nuts right now.
(Steps down off of soap box.)

wndyeliza

10-16-2009, 11:16 AM

Mandy, I'm in the Apple Valley area of the high desert....(yep, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans land...work in Barstow) Where are you? I picture you in the Orange county area.

addicted

10-16-2009, 11:19 AM

I hope your kids get over it soon! Good luck!!

Scrapping4Him

10-16-2009, 11:27 AM

man, can i come play, too???!

Hey Suz - next time you make it out to San Diego, we will all go have some fun!!!

Scrapping4Him

10-16-2009, 11:31 AM

Mandy, I'm in the Apple Valley area of the high desert....(yep, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans land...work in Barstow) Where are you? I picture you in the Orange county area.

Down in the San Diego area about a 20 minute drive from Debbie. LOL I am terrible at geography so I had to see where Apple Valley is in comparison to where we go out to the high desert in 29 Palms area for some R&R at our family homestead cabin. A little farther north than I would have guessed.

Scrapping4Him

10-16-2009, 11:34 AM

:rofl: about being PC!!!

Good for your hospital!!! I wish all hospitals would adopt that stand! Hopefully you won't have to encounter too many disgruntled visitors.

:D Thank you! I realize that it isn't politically correct. But ok, I can live with that. We now have a policy of no children under the age of 12 visiting in the hospital until March 30th when the flu season is "over". I KNOW that I will be on the receiving end of some phone calls from nurses telling me to chase out mother's little darlings. We have already gone through the berating from a family member bringing a runny nosed 8 year old to see someone in OB with a new baby. (What do you mean I can't bring my son in!!! I"m going to talk to adminstration. Ok, be my guest, let me show you the door to that office. But really, how rude and insensitive to bring a sick child to see an infant that this child could care less about at this point AND infect this infant with whatever your child has. RUDE and SELFISH...) Unless I come down with H1N1 first I'll be getting the vaccine next week. But I am sure that I have been exposed working in the ER.
Suzanne, my darling, whatever I/we can do to make your time being the caretaker of sick kiddo's I'll be happy to do. You have got to be going a bit nuts right now.
(Steps down off of soap box.)

stitchmich

10-16-2009, 12:52 PM

Suzi, I hope everyone at your house has been through the worst and getting better now. :hug:

Wendy, that is a great soap box to be on. People can be so selfish sometimes, and flu season is just not the time for that!

GailS

10-16-2009, 03:23 PM

Sorry to hear this Suz!! I highly recommend virgin hot toddies if one can tolerate the ingredients....hot lemonade, honey, and a cinnamon stick to stir it all up....even the kiddos can share this one. :)

SuzanneCWalker

10-16-2009, 04:09 PM

stitchmich

10-16-2009, 04:21 PM

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm playing about the four-hundredth game of sequence in the past few days....... ughhhhhhhhh. so, if you want to help, come play board games with my stir-crazy kids.... they're so mad at me because i won't let them play with friends... but i don't know if the boys are suddenly going to start having symptoms..... i'm going to feel like a ninny for keeping them home (the boys) all week... but jeez, if i didn't, it's a sure bet that the whole school would be infected.........

You are doing the right thing not letting them play with friends. DS was sick a few weeks ago and I wouldn't let DD go to her friends house. I said, How bad do you think I'm going to feel when her whole family gets sick? It's not worth the risk. I hope you are all well soon :hug:

wndyeliza

10-16-2009, 06:03 PM

Mandy is LoD!!!:yahoo:

And as for your question about geography....if you take the 15/215 freeway north towards Las Vegas we are right on the way there. Or about 2.5 hours from the San Diego area. Our big claim to fame is/was Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. They are both buried about 5 minutes from my home. (and we are about 2 hrs. from Las Vegas)

GrandmaCrys

10-16-2009, 06:04 PM

:rofl: about being PC!!!

Good for your hospital!!! I wish all hospitals would adopt that stand! Hopefully you won't have to encounter too many disgruntled visitors.

When the twins were born (9/24) the Louisville, KY area had already banned children under 12 from hospital visits. :yes: :yes: :yes:

SuzanneCWalker

10-18-2009, 03:03 PM

lol, thank you, you guys! :) i know - i am sure that i'd be wanting to kiss the mother who kept kids home as a precaution.....

so, my big dilemma is... do i send sam tomorrow? we've only been fever-free since friday... if the incubation is 7 days, he could come down with it as late as next friday..... sooooo torn!

addicted

10-18-2009, 03:22 PM

Yep, keep them home! (that's not meant bad BTW) Since I just got my son home from the hospital from complications due to croup, I'm terrified to take him anywhere! So I go to the store one evening, so I don't have to take him, and a lady is there with her daughter who has swine flu! :eek: Are you kidding me? She did have a mask on but she still probably has germs all over her and she is touching everything. Suz, I know how you feel about stir crazy, we aren't going anywhere until the swine flu peak is on it's way down! DH is going to the store after work and I get to stay home! But it's better than sitting in ICU for a week!!

SuzanneCWalker

10-18-2009, 09:15 PM

oh, i so hear you! i think i'm turning into a major germ-a-phobe!! i've washed my hands so often in the past few months that i literally have cracks on the backs of them.... i'm so glad you're HOME from the hospital - that sounds like a TOTAL ordeal!!! hugs, hugs, more hugs!

chanmansmom

10-19-2009, 02:42 AM

yep, Keep them home Suz! Our schools are pleading with people to keep sick or possible sick kiddos home.Since you have had it in your house already,Id keep them home!
I do hope that you all are getting well.H1N1 is pretty serious stuff!