I spoke (wrote?) too soon with that entry last night. George got home around 11pm, and I had just finished telling him Hayley was sleeping soundly, not coughing, and feeling cool to the touch. No more than three minutes later, we heard wailing from her room. She was burning up and coughing so hard that she was gagging and choking. We got her cleaned up, took her temperature and saw it was pretty high (39.8C), and gave her more medicine. She wanted to be a big girl and go back to bed but I told her even big girls are allowed to sleep in the big bed when they’re scared or sick. She went off to sleep under George’s watchful eye and I took care of a hungry, waking Breanna.

And then this morning I wondered why someone would not only run me over, but look in their rearview mirror and back over me too, just for good measure. Holy crap. Coughing, fever, chills, aching head, severely aching legs, and a desire to crawl into a cupboard and die.

Luckily Breanna passed out around noon and I laid on the couch with her. I didn’t sleep much, but I dozed a bit and at least I was flat. She had the best nap in over a week, sleeping on me for over two hours, so that was great.

Hayley’s fever shot back up and she could barely blink so we dosed her up again and I sat on the floor while she took a lukewarm bath which helped temporarily. George is gone for a couple of hours to do some work and I’m considering it practice for being sick and alone with the kids tomorrow. Supper will just be some soup and maybe leftover chicken from last night’s supper if anyone is hungry.

I took regular Tylenol and it helped my head and toned down the ridiculous pain in my legs by a notch or two; it seems to have done nothing at all for my fever as I am currently sweating profusely.

I’ve warned Breanna that she’s grounded from her first high school dance if she dares to catch this. I’ve been nursing her as much as I can and praying that she doesn’t get sick. The way we’ve all felt, I can only imagine this would land her in the hospital. If you could think good no-flu thoughts for her, that would be great.