Pig nonsense

So we all know what's going on and if you don't, it's the pig allergies (see post below) I'm speaking of. Well yesterday while trying to wake up I was listening to the news on the radio and they were talking about school closures. It was 5:30, I was groggy and I made the mistake of thinking, "why can't it just be my school?" as I had no desire to get out of my bed and go to work. Then I was horrible and repeated it to someone when I got to school. Of course I was joking, but I shouldn't have said it.

Then we got a letter home from the school yesterday giving the precautions and what you should be looking for. The basics of it were that if your child has respiratory distress and a fever, keep them home and take them to the doctor. Hmm. Both of my kids came down with a killer cough the night before. I gave them both cough medicine last night in hopes of them getting some rest. But, at about 2am I felt this hot little body snuggle up to me and I thought, oh no, he has a fever. It wasn't hot enough for me to get out of bed and take his temperature (which I usually do) but he definitely had a fever. When the alarm went off, he was still running about 100.6 which is when my mind went into overdrive.

My first thought of course was that they have the swine flu. I ran upstairs and felt Katie's head. It felt hot to the touch, but she was only at 99.1 which could have just been because she was just waking up. However, I was still groggy and not thinking clearly. Second thought is, I brought this on myself because of what I said yesterday. Third thought is, I need to call my boss and let her know because what if they need to close the school? Really, I did think that. And yes, I'm embarrassed by it.

But even worse than thinking that, is the fact that I called her...at home...at 6:30am to tell her that even though I don't work on Fridays, my kids are both sick. Luckily she's a very level-headed woman and she just said, "okay honey, take them to the doctor and call me when you know what it is."

Well you can probably see where this is going. I waited two hours, called the doctor to make the appt and didn't get in until lunchtime. By the time we actually went to the doctor, both kids were begging me to let them play outside and neither one felt the least bit sick. Yes, Kyle was still a little warm and yes, both of them were still coughing, but they were running around the doctor's office like it was a well-visit. And after being examined, it basically was like a well-visit. Katie looked like she was getting over whatever it is, but will probably continue to have a cough for a while. Kyle looked like he was at the beginning of it, but basically there's not much they can do. It's your run-of-the-mill cold/virus. Humidifier, cough medicine, liquids, etc.

My kids have been playing all day. Kyle did fall asleep on the couch (I was already taking a nap), but other than that he's been fine. Katie enjoyed a day off and spent most of it with her daddy running errands. And I spent most of the day realizing how much I over-react to things. These little piggies are just fine!