After much debate I decided to do this post...
When I picked Allie up from nursery yesterday she was extremely tired, had zero energy and a high fever. I took her down to Community Care thinking it was a bladder infection. They ended up doing an Influenza A test on her and it was PoSiTiVe, seriously, positive!? Could NOT believe the doctor, we are such germ-a-phobs! We hand sanitize, wipe our carts, wash our hands, don't play with public toys, UGH, how did this happen? This is what we have learned thus far with the "probable" swine flu.
* Does she 110% sure have the swine flu? No. You have to be hospitalized to have the actual H1N1 test. Does she "probably" have the swine flu? Yes. The swine flu is a "strand of Influenza A" She does 100% have influenza A. The doctor said that the way they test for H1 N1 is to do an Influenza A test and if it is positive they treat as though, yes, they do have it!
* What is her incubation period? 3-4 days! Oh. My. Gosh. That is a long time! We are so bad at staying home so here's to hoping we don't go crazy!
* Was she vaccinated? Yes, my kids got they H1N1 shots last Tuesday. The doctor said it's debatable as to how long the vaccination takes to work, apparently we now know it's longer than 6 days :)
*How did it start? It literally hit Allie within minutes. She was totally fine and then from what I hear she said she was tired and planted herself on the couch and quickly lost all her energy. When I got to her she had a fever of 100.9 and by the time we got to Community Care (about an hour) it was up to 103. So it hit fast and hard!!!
* As of today she is totally acting fine. She's no longer tired, no coughing, no runny nose, no sneezing, only occasional low grade fevers. No biggie, we can handle that!
*What have I learned from all of this? I have learned that the media is a bunch of CRAP!!! The H1N1 is not as bad as they make it sound, granted I know that we have a mild case in our house and we caught it really quick. More people than you think or know have it. It's eVeRyWhERe. Had I not thought that she had a bladder infection I wouldn't have taken her down to CC, I would have given her some tylenol and put her down for a nap. Then we would have been out and about today, spreading the love, er, I mean germs :)
With all of this crap going around, my advice is even with a small fever or a few sniffles keep 'em home for a good 3-4 days.
7 comments:
aubrey sends lots of love allies way! hope she is better for halloween!
It is everywhere! Feel better soon little Allie :) Here's to hoping the rest of you don't get sick. El was diagnosed with Strep last Thursday and so far the rest of us are still healthy...knock on wood. I have a recipe for ya to try.
Grandma loves you Allie!
Get well soon.
oh My. Glad we sat in that germ infested room for an hour to get the shot. Oh well. I hope Allie gets better soon, but I am glad that it is a mild case. Did you get the pilgrims yet? When is our craft day?
I'm sad to see your house caught it. I am hoping that we avoid it, but it seems inevitable.
Poor girl! My brother had it and his was pretty mild too thank goodness. Brynnlee has been around him the whole time and hasn't shown any signs of it yet. So I still hope I don't regret not getting the shot, but by the sounds of it kind of sounds like a waste for poor Allie! I heard it takes a few weeks before it will even protect you. Oh well. I hope she gets better soon!
Poor Allie, glad it wasn't too bad for her though. I've heard it's pretty mild now too, I just worry it'll get worse. But at least Allie is immune now! :)
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