We Be Illin’
By Glinda
And not in a good, 80’s Run DMC kind of way.
It’s all my fault, actually.
I was talking to a friend and mentioned how we hadn’t gotten the flu yet. I wondered if it had made its way over to the West Coast, and if somehow we managed to avoid its scourge.
Nothing angers the Flu Gods and gets their attention like someone glibly stating that they have yet to be struck.
Sure enough, within a week, we were dealing with 103 degree temperatures and a miserable, glassy-eyed child who refused to eat. Even ice cream.
It’s been five days, and the Munchkin still isn’t much better. We took him to the doctor, concerned about the unbroken high fever, and were told to simply wait it out.
I’m waiting it out. I’ve been waiting it out. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME almighty Flu Gods? A shrine made up of used tissue boxes, thermometers, and children’s Tylenol bottles?
Because I could totally do that.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
We have gotten the flu in our house as well. I almost wish it came in it’s normal disguise. Alas it came as little more than a persistent cough. Still my child cannot be around others for atleast 7 days since he first got sick. I just wish he acted or look sick so I didn’t feel like it was torture to keep him confined.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:58 am
I, too, angered the gods about a week and a half ago by saying out loud, geez, P is really strong isn’t she, having not really gotten sick at all this season? Within days, P developed croup symptoms and I, after not having slept for 2 days straight (and working full time) because she couldn’t sleep from all the painful coughing she was doing, came down with a fever and similar symptoms. Dear croup/flu gods, please forgive me. I will never blaspheme like that EVER again. EVER. I swear.
February 12th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
My husband, who never gets sick, is down with an awful respiratory infection that turned into bronchitis. He called in sick to work for the first time since I’ve known him. So now I’m hoping against hope that the baby won’t get sick–she’s four months old and has never been sick. Yet. Please let this not be the first time! And not me, either, I have too much to do to be sick. I’m so overworked and overtired though, it may happen.
February 13th, 2009 at 10:39 am
We only got the respiratory/coughing stuff here, no fevers. (Perhaps because the Flu Gods heard my thoughts about how healthy we all are, though I never spoke them aloud.) Our house is infused with the scent of Vicks Vaporub every night.
February 13th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I think you got it from me (broadband connections have their drawbacks). I no sooner got over the stomach flu than I got the dreaded “FLU flu” and am just crawling back online.