Swine Flu

Despite all of the hand sanitizer, clorox wipes, and air sanitizer that I've used, Trey got the swine flu. I wasn't feeling great last week, but didn't think it was the flu. I felt a lot worse when I got the regular flu a few years ago, but now that I look back on it, I probably had it. Trey has had a cough for a few days, and then yesterday he woke up with a fever. I gave him medicine and the fever went away. He was ok until about 3:30, and then he just went downhill from there. He wanted to cuddle, and was just not acting like himself. (He never stays still) So I talked to Jarren and decided that we had better take him to the doctor.
They took his vitals and the doctor didn't seem to be that worried, but we had a flu test done anyway, and it came back positive. They said he will be contagious for about 7 days or until he doesn't have any symptoms for 24-48 hrs. He also said that about half of Vernal seemd to have the swine flu.
So we got home and tried to give him some tamiflu, and not even 10 seconds later, he threw it up. Jarren called the doctor and had to run back down to the pharmacy to pick up some anti-vomit medication. While he was gone, Trey threw up about 3 more times. I felt so bad, I just wanted to cry. Once he took the medication, we had to give him water through a little medicine syringe. Then he was able to eat a little and then fell asleep. We also had to wake him up about every 3-4 hrs during the night to get him to take medicine and give him water. He kept waking up and reaching out to make sure I was still by him...it was so hard to watch him like that. He had a few fevers during the night, (after giving medicine, one of them took an hour to break) and was just drenched by the time they broke.
He seems to be felling better this morning. He wanted breakfast and took medicine, and so far hasn't had a fever. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Watch your kids for even the smallest symptoms! I am so grateful that we decided to take him in last night, and didn't wait to see how it played out! Please keep us in your prayers, and that it will be mild and pass quickly!