Swine Flu

We've all been hearing about it. It's been in the news, and spreading like a pandemic. WHO (World Health Organization) categorized it as a phase 6 pandemic. Well, it made it's way to the Overby home. That's right, myself, Heather, and Stanley all have (had) the H1N1 virus. It started in the Gresham-Barlow School District at an Elementary School. Then it made it's way to Barlow where several of my students were out with it. Then I got it. I started feeling crummy last Thursday. By Thursday night I was out. They are not officially testing people because if you do have it they don't want you at the doctor's office. But I had a high fever (up to 103), aches and chills, cough, sneezing, runny nose. No vomiting or diarrhea though. That's the main sign of swine flu (which actually isn't related to pigs). All the other symptoms of the flu without the nausea. Well, I was out all Friday, and into Saturday. Heather and Stanley were trying to stay away from me, Heather even wore the mask when she brought me something. I started to mend by Saturday, but by Saturday night, Heather and Stanley were starting to show the signs. Which means recovering dad is now caretaker dad. I've been tending to my two sickies since then. Stanley mended mostly by Sunday night. He had a slight fever though Monday night. We're most worried about Heather since she is pregnant. She gets to take this nasty Tamaflu which helps battle the H1N1 but adds the delight of extra nausea and vomiting in the mean time. So be praying for recovery. I still have a slight cough, but God's definitely given me the strength to press on. I'm taking Monday-Thursday off work to heal completely myself and care for Heather and Stanley. It's weird waving at Grandma Sue or Nana when they drop something off from the window and not be able to go give them a hug. That's what we're up to now. Here's a picture of what Stanley has been doing a lot of as we're in quarantine. Watching Movies :-)