Flu Shot

Yesterday afternoon I took all 3 boys to get flu shots.  Jonathon has received a flu shot every year that he was supposed too.  Andrew and Kenny have not had a flu shot since they were toddlers.......Why now get a flu shot?  Well because 1.  Dr. Pediatrician recommended it this year ~ he explained with Jonathon going to preschool full time and the big brothers in school that it would be in my best interest to get all 3 of them done this year.  I then asked " what about the H1N1?"  Which in return he answered "It's in the flu shot this year"  Okay then.  2.  The flu just went through my house.  It was not extremely dangerous, but it made me think....what if it had been the swine flu.....Jonathon had the flu  ~ he ran a high temp ~ had diarrhea ~ he had some vomiting.   While Jonathon was going through all of that I started not feeling well, but ignored it and continued to take care of him.  His started Friday Oct 9th, by Tuesday Oct 12th I started feeling bad.  By Friday October 15th Jonathon was all better and Kenny came home with the flu ~ Kenny had a severe sore throat, low low temp(95) congested and achy.  By Saturday afternoon I had the flu.  Kenny started feeling better by Monday Oct 18th, but I kept him home and took him to the Dr. on Tuesday. Dr. confirmed he was all better.  I still did not feel well so I went to the Dr. on Tuesday also. Flu gone, but have a sinus infection. 3. We were very sick for about 2 weeks at my house.  I don't want to go through that again ~ so I guess if I can help prevent it by getting flu shots ~ then we will get flu shots.

Andrew and Kenny are home today.  Kenny does not feel well. Headache, achy arm and stomach ache.  Andrew just doesn't feel well and achy arm.  From getting flu shot.  Hopefully they will feel better later today.

Jonathon went to school like a good boy.  He seems to be doing just fine and no reaction at all to the shot. (Hooray).  

I do have piece of mind today though knowing that my boys are protected now.

Now I just have to get my flu shot and hopefully talk my hubby into getting his done also.  But I am a little worried now that I will have a reaction like my big boys ~ I don't want to get the flu shot and then end up sick.  This has been my main reason of never getting it done before.  I know I will still get it done though.  Just waiting for my Dr. office to get it in. 

Better Day

Picked Jonathon up from school today and his nose looked a little better, but I am still not too happy about it.  I feel that I should not have to find a warm washcloth and fix my sons nose after school.

I had a Dr. appt. to go too, so luckily I had antibacterial wipes in the van to clean him up before we went to my appt.

Does it really take that much out of your day to grab a Kleenex?

When I confronted the teacher about it this morning she said "oooh I didn't even notice, sorry"

Come on!  "REALLY"

Flu is still at our house!

Jonathon is better as of Friday Oct 15.  But I still was not feeling the best and then my middle child(Kenny- 13) came home from school Friday not feeling well and went right to bed.  By Saturday morning Kenny and I both were running fevers of 95-96.  Scary!  It took me most of the day to get Kenny up and then I spent from 9:30p.m. til 3 a.m. trying to get that kids temp up to at least 97.  Electric blanket, bed buddy, and about 5 more blankets piled on top.  Nothing was working and I was really getting scared.  I made him drink apple juice and that helped some.  I finally laid down to get some rest after 3a.m.


On Sunday Kenny's temp was up a little and he starting feeling better.  Other symptoms we had were bad headache, congestion, slight cough and sore throat.  Extremely hot, but temp low.  Have no clue.  I started feeling a little better last night, but not 100% yet.  Today my temp is still low, about 97 and I just feel blah.  Kenny seems to be doing better.  He is holding a temp about 98.3-98.4.  I am glad.


Anyway, I let Jonathon go back to school.  He is on Claritin for a runny nose and little cough.  BUT his nose is not running down his face.  So I was a little pissed when I picked him up from school a few minutes ago and he looked like this

Really?

 

 

It's kind of hard to see, but if you look closely you can see all of the dried snot on his face under and around his nostrils and all the way over to his cheek.  I will approach the teachers about this tomorrow.  I should have today, but I was too sick to approach them.  Needless to say I am not happy and think this is uncalled for.  There is 2 teachers to 6 students.......You couldn't get my child a Kleenex???????

Here we Sit.....

waiting to see Dr. Pediatrician for a recheck!  Jonathon is feeling much better, but still has a slight cough and a runny nose so I wanted him checked out before he returns to school on Monday.

We seen Dr. Pediatrician and he confirmed that Jonathon is doing much much better.  He now needs to start back up on his Claritin 1x per day at bedtime for the next week.  If he is still having problems we will have to go back to Dr. Pediatrician.  And he is released to go back to school on Monday.  He will be so happy, he really enjoys going to school and with mommy not feeling well he hasn't had anyone to play with.

I have a script to get some replacement parts for his nebulizer ~ another script to go get blood work done when he is feeling better to check his platelet count .

waiting patiently for his turn

 

 

 

Now we just need to get mommy better!!

Wordless Wednesday

A very independent little boy!

Not much

happening when you have a little boy that has the flu!  I swear I have gone through a whole box of Kleenex today alone. His nose is just running non-stop today.

Over all he is not too grumpy though ~ it's been a movie day for us ~ 101 Dalmations ~ over ~ and over ~ and over!

He has to do his breathing treatments morning and night for the next 3 days.  He was not too pleased with this, he has not used his machine in over 1 year.

Fever is gone ~ for good I hope.  Vomiting never really happened ~ thank goodness.  We only had 1 day of diarrhea which overall wasn't too bad.  Now if I could just get him to eat better, things would look better.

I pulled him out of school for the entire week and had to email the teacher to change our  IEPT meeting that is scheduled for  Friday.   I haven't heard anything back so I hope they reschedule.

And before I got a chance to finish this post, he now has a low temp again!  I know it's because his head is just jammed up, my poor baby. He is asleep now and I hope he gets a good nights sleep and starts feeling better tomorrow.

I need to get him better so he can get into the dr. pediatrician to get his shots for winter.

Buddy Walk 2010 (St. Clair County Down Syndrome Support Group)

Jonathon came down with a fever Friday night of 103 and our walk was scheduled for Saturday at 1p.m.  With lots of prayers, medicine and warm rags to bring fever down, he was able to walk on Saturday.  Then we rushed him back home to rest.  Took him to Dr. Pediatrician this morning and he has the flu! (Poor "Team Fishy Cracker"'s captain did the walk with the flu this year.)

We raised $3,245.00 and had the honor of winning Grand Marshall again this year!!  We also added some more members to our team bringing our numbers up from 22 to 40 team members this year.  It was a beautiful day out for our walk with the temperatures in the 70's.

We have an awesome team and we are very thankful for all the love, support and donations that we received this year!

me and my angel

Great Aunt Sandra - Jonathon - Aunt Carol-Ann

Just a swingin

Our new Team Sign

Walking with Grandma and Grandpa

 

 

 

Great group of children from St. Clair County

Catching a ride with Uncle John

Our Awesome Team!!!