Tuesday, January 8, 2013

2013: The Beginning...

Baby Drew will be here tomorrow! I'm scheduled to be induced on Wednesday assuming I don't get the flu that our firstborn has caught. Yes, despite getting a flu shot last month, David Scott tested positive for the flu yesterday. Fever started on Saturday with our poor boy saying he "just don't feel good" then he puked later that night. No more fever Sunday so we thought we were safe and then the fever returned that evening. Poor thing, he had watery eyes, had developed a weird cough, and went downhill fast. Thinking it was still just a cold, we put him in bed with me while Scotty slept on the couch. In retrospect, that may not have been the best decision, but whatever. Just after midnight, DS needed to "blow his nose," which, when checked was actually a nosebleed. Grand. Scotty dealt with the nosebleed while I dealt with the laundry, the less involved of the two tasks. And he still had fever.

Although his fever seemed to be gone overnight, since I had one last dr's appt on Monday, Scotty came back from work to keep DS so I could take care of baby business. I'd made a little progress, (a little over 3 cm and 85-99% effaced). The big news though was that my weight capped out at 26 pounds. Woohoo! I told Dr. G about DS being sick and she said I should still take him to dr and if he had flu, I should call her for Tamiflu. So away we went to the pediatrician. Our regular ped was out, so we saw another one in the practice. Although, the initial diagnosis was an ear infection causing the fever, as a precaution for me (again, two days away from having a baby!), they tested him. And yep, he had the flu. Luckily, it's a mild case and he seems to have peaked based on when we think exposure happened (at daycare on Friday since some of his classmates have the flu as well). So now Scotty and I have begun our Tamiflu preventive. And my maternity leave officially started two days early. And with a sick child. That I really can't take care of for a couple of reasons: 1) he is still contagious (the fever's returned, though it's only 101, and seemed to break overnight) and I've been advised by the ped to keep my contact at a minimum, if possible and 2) it hurts to walk too much as Baby Drew is on some nerve in my pelvis. So yes, it could be worse. I'm praying Scotty and I both avoid the flu as well as my caretaker for the next week or so (my mom, who has also started Tamiflu) and that DS has no more fever after tonight. He officially missed his first two days of preschool due to sickness.  And assuming he has no more fever, he'll get to go tomorrow, but we won't get to take him -- Mom and David (Gran and Papa) will. And if not, he'll stay at our house with Papa (David) who broke a bone in his ankle on Monday. We are just a hot mess over here. Prayers appreciated -- a quick recovery for DS/Papa too, no flu for the rest of us, an easy delivery for me, a healthy Baby Drew, and anything else thrown in for good measure. I'll post another update when I can as I plan on doing a play-by-play of Drew's birth day like I did with DS'. Wish us luck...



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