don't come knockin our way

Our house has been nothing but germ central. Austy has now missed 4 going on 5 days of school. Last week she had strep throat. And still lingering with a horrible cough, nobody has seen her since last week. Every day I call in to excuse her from school I swear they are thinking I've beat her up and she can't go out in public. But worst of all came last night, into the wee hours of this morning. We took Brody to the emergency room at 5:00, bright and early. He couldn't breath and had a horrible cough. And his fever was insane. They diagnosed our little ball of hell with pneumonia and swine flu. Can you believe it? I couldn't either. I mean last night he did have sort of a yucky cough but come on, swine flu? It hit so hard and so fast. All he wants to do is be held, his fever is raging, he can't cry becuase he is so raspy. All he does is weeze in a pathetic way. He can hardly breath and his cough is just plain scary. If he gets upset he can't catch his breath. I think he might have croup along with everything else. If I take him outside he has an easier time breathing. Its been a mad house. I'm covered in medicine because he isn't a big fan and I haven't slept well in forever. Needless to say we won't be going anywhere for Thanksgiving and no after sales for this mommy. Sad, huh?