Yucky! YUCKY! Influenza Type A!

January 30-February 3!

I was so sick!

I had scheduled to take January 30th off of work, becauseBreoni had her 18 month appointment with Dr. Coombs and my mom and dad were leaving. Mother Nature delivered a storm with a vengeance and Park City called a snow day! So, I received a phone call at about 5:45 and got up to call my portion of the phone tree...and I felt horrible!

I spent most of the day in bed... Breoni must have sensed how I felt, and she took an amazingly LONG nap! We still had GAME NIGHT with our friends... (I really should get a picture of this crew to post!) but I was still miserable...

I ended up calling in sick on both Thursday and Friday! Luckily for us we have KRISTA who still watched Breoni, because I was in so much pain. I learned that I had no understanding whatsoever of what "THE FLU" really is! The muscles in my whole upper body felt like I had down something outrageous. It was so painful on Thursday night I couldn't do anything but sit up... sleeping was difficult! I went to the doctor on Friday. He gave me a pain 'shot' which he said would give me some relief for about 6 hours... for almost exactly six hours I felt human again...but, whammy, when the shot wore off, I was down again. I felt pretty good by Monday, but the cough and tiredness lasted for almost two more weeks!

SYMPTOMS OF THE "REAL" INFLUENZA VIRUS:
muscles aches, head aches, fever, cough, fatigue

NOT A SYMPTOM THE "REAL" INFLUENZA VIRUS:
vomiting and diarrhea... that's some OTHER virus!

OF SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING THE "FLU SHOT":
It doesn't last for very long... maybe two months. And, it doesn't cover all the 'mutations' of the virus. So, the shot doesn't necessarily keep you from getting the virus!

GREAT MEDICATION:
TamiFlu... which has a pill and liquid form. And, is perscribed in a treatment dose or a preventative dose!!!!