Oy...nck.

Flu, flu, gotta swine flu
Gotta swine flu --
How 'bout you?

I wish I could blame that bit of nattering on drugs of some sort, but alas I'm not even on cough syrup at the moment. Sleep deprivation, though, is a definite possibility.

The last hold-out in our household finally succumbed to whatever had been ailing Z, then me, then her big brother for the last few weeks. Miss K was fine when she woke up from her nap on Weds, and a half hour later BAM!! 102.8 degree fever. Which climbed up to 103.7 before the ibuprofen kicked in...we had just gotten paid, so we were able to take Miss K to the doctor (a luxury her brother and I did not have -- Daddy had his appointment and meds nearly a week before A started feeling crappy, and we just didn't have it to take A in at that point...Z's actually at his follow-up appointment right now so we'll know for sure what he was dealing with).

But we DO know what K has. Congratulations! K has H1N1, a fever we've been trying to keep under 104 (104.2 is the highest so far), and some rather pricey medicine. It was a long night last night. We have been hit so hard here in this area there is no more liquid TamiFlu available in a large radius around us, so I have to take adult capsules, mix the contents in a specific amount of liquid (apple juice), and then only give a portion of that to K, discarding the rest. (In our county, 99% of all flu and cold-like issues are actually H1N1, according to our county's health department which is tracking things like mad, especially in the elementary schools). K's been doing much better today, hovering around the 101 degree mark, although she's napping at the moment and I haven't checked her in about an hour or so.

Her congestion is actually concerning us more than the fever at this point...she sounds like she's swallowed mud and is breathing through it. So, prayers over the next few days are appreciated, K is taking this much worse than any of the rest of us did. T'anks.

There really will be a "Ketchup" post soon...but it may be another week, depending on how K is doing.

Greetings!

Just to let you all know, I have just gotten a computer that I can use to update the ol' blog.

It's been, what, two months?

Don't have time to do much more than say "I'm still here!"

More to come. Soon...probably Monday.

But I'm back! And there's lots to update you on -- our 1800-mile trek back to MD; A's kindergarten experiences; the play-doh blue our tenants painted our living room, among other interesting discoveries in the house...

Soon.