Flu Bug

Oh - Em - Gee

Aiden has had a fever since Saturday! I took him to the doctor on Monday and she said that it was only a virus. Which I totally agreed with... this child wasn't acting sick at all - because of that I actually thought that he was having an issue with his ears. She also said that he is definitely on the onset of asthma and we now have a daily preventative breathing treatment to do twice a day.  Dr. said that it usually helps to re-shape the lungs so that he'll grow out of the asthma.  Tuesday his fever was non-existent  (99) so I thought - Yes! We'll both be back to school/work tomorrow... NOPE! He wakes up on Wednesday morning with a fever of about 102 or 104 (depending on which ear you check) Back to the doctor we go... She wants to do a chest
X-Ray to make sure he doesn't have pneumonia. I ask about flu - she doesn't think it's flu, but will check that too since I am asking.

Off to the hospital we go... First we do the chest X-Ray and he does awesome! They put him some sort of contraption to strap him in and keep him from moving... those pictures came back clear - no pneumonia!

Next were off to get his nose swabbed to check for flu... I have to sit him in my lap - hold his hands and hold his head back.  NOT FUN AT ALL! We get done with that and he says "I don't want that thing up my nose anymore."

Off we go to Chick-fil-a for lunch and a milkshake....

(guess who was asleep 2 seconds after this picture was taken)

We go home and take a nap.... and meanwhile get a call from the doctors office - we are positive for Flu A. How crazy is this child.... he has the flu and he is acting his normal self - maybe even a little more crazy - but that may be the fact that he's been stuck at home with mommy for this week.  

I really need to figure out something for us to do tomorrow!

Hopefully this flu bug will be gone this weekend... I can't afford to miss any more work...