Last tuesday Ben didn't feel so well, sore throat, stuffy head.....by bed time he had a raging fever, chills, body aches. So wednesday he headed in to the Urgent care clinic because our doctor's office was overloaded and sure enough he had Influenza. The doctor he saw said he had diagnosed approx 200 people over the previous 2 days so aparently we have quite the little outbreak around here.
So from wednesday until yesterday I could count on one hand the number of times Ben was out of bed. Thankfully since he went in right away he qualified to get the anti-viral treatment Tamiflu. Our doctor recommended a homeopathic treatment called Oscillococcinum for Alex and I to take to avoid catching it.
In case we were carrying it without symptoms yet (you are actually contagious before you have symptoms) we have been staying home and away from other families.
Today Ben feels much better and we are pretty sure he was done being contagious yesterday. So it looks like Alex and I might be in the clear if we make it thru tuesday w/out any symptoms.
Alex and I are not cut out to be homebound! We are a little stir crazy!
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