I got a call Thursday after lunch to come get Brayden from school because he had a temp. By the time we got home he wasn't feeling too bad that day but I took him to the doc on Friday morning to rule out flu, infections etc. They ran the flu test and it came back negative. Because he was having asthma issues (brought out by whatever this virus was) she went ahead and treated the symptoms with Tamiflu even though the test came back negative. The doc said it wouldn't hurt. By Friday night, his fever was 103 and he was in the bed ALL day/night. The first 24 hours weren't too bad but then it got nasty.
During everyone else's naptime on Friday I helped him finish off his car. This is before the bad part hit.
Friday night we had a family movie night and Brayden even denied ice cream. I knew then he had to be feeling terrible. He had eaten nothing all day and still didn't want ice cream. But the rest of us enjoyed some. :)
Since Jay had his sinus mess since Tuesday he was down and out too so the girls and I decided Saturday morning to go to the laundry mat around the corner to wash my comforter...we had to get out of the house bad can you tell?! Brayden was pretty much bedridden/on the couch all day and still didn't hardly eat a bite although he did drink.
My boy was pitiful. He had absolutely no energy was rotating out meds every 3 hours for days, breathing treatments, night meds, coughing constantly etc. He was so weak and often just wanted me to hold him or cuddle him on the couch.
Sunday the girls and I went to church and left our sick boys at home. Brayden didn't run fever that morning but afternoon it spiked again.
Monday, while fever free, worked on his school work some. You can see how tired his eyes look and so pale!
Then Monday he was fever free again until about 2 p.m. and it spiked 103 again. It was getting so frustrating to see him get better and then get sick again. SO since the doctor told me if he wasn't better by Monday to come back, back to the doctor we went Monday afternoon. They did the flu test again and it still came back negative and checked his white blood count (the finger prick didn't go so well!) and it looked good. I guess it is just some really nasty virus going around. I texted his teacher and asked her if this was going around school and she said yes. She had had FIVE kids out Friday and Monday and the office had sent home 35 kids on Monday due to being sick. We are hoping nobody else gets it! So far, so good!
Monday Brayden had been requesting a McDonalds happy meal all day and so we decided if he thought he would eat it, we were taking him. He has been so weak from not eating anything and has lost 2 lbs. since Thursday, so I was willing to give him ANYTHING he would eat! He did eat all of his chicken nuggets but nothing else...progress!
Then he wanted to watch a movie so we had another movie night (it's the only thing he has had energy for in a week!). During the movie he grabbed my hand and melted my heart. He has been so sweet, cuddly and precious the whole time he has been sick. I hate him being sick (seriously nothing worse than your kids being sick), but I have LOVED these cuddles!
We are on day 6 of this nasty virus and hoping to be fever free today!!!!!!
