March 28, 2024

Flu bug don’t bother me

The flu bug has hit my house and it seems to not want to leave without a fight. My oldest woke up Thursday with a stuffy nose but a good attitude so she headed off to school. I hoped it was just some allergies perking up, but I was not so lucky.

Friday the whole family was clogged up. My youngest was wiping her nose all over the place, I had a pack of tissues with me at all times and my husband picked up the strongest medication he could buy over the counter. Thankfully, at the age of 3, my oldest knows how to blow her nose, although I often have to remind her to close her mouth in order for it to do any good.

With only a few home games to attend each fall, we were planning on heading to the high school to watch my nephew, who is a junior at PCM, play against Davis County. My youngest still only had a runny nose, so dressed in her new Mustang shirt she headed to the game with my parents. My oldest, on the other hand, also had a runny nose but added a fever and scratchy throat into the mix. Much to her disappointment, she didn’t get to go to the game and had to stay home with her dad. Many tears were shed and hurt feelings were shared that her sister got to go and she didn’t.

Friday night was rough for my oldest. Her fever was not subsiding and she had a hard time falling asleep. About halfway through the night, I went to check on her and found she was still burning up. Like most kids, liquid medicine is unacceptable but luckily there are now chewables available in tasty candy flavors. After taking the pill, I hoped she would get some good sleep and hopefully feel better in the morning.

A restful night was not in the cards, though, and she woke me up to a nice surprise in her bed not long after. After cleaning up the mess and changing into new pajamas, she was cuddled up again to hopefully get a little more sleep before morning.

Saturday morning came and my oldest woke up drenched in sweat and still feeling a little rough. We had a funny moment when she asked to go to school and wouldn’t take no for an answer. My mom ended up driving her to the school to show her that nobody was there and wouldn’t be until it was time on Monday. I was secretly hoping that she would be well enough to go on Monday because the tantrum if she would have had to stay home would have been one for the records.

We took it pretty easy most of the day, just playing inside and of course, watching the Iowa game. Both of the girls ate pretty well and my youngest took a good, long nap. After a trip to Des Moines, they hunkered down for the night, watching their choice of movie.

Thankfully, when the girls woke up Sunday they were both feeling better. The runny noses will stick around for a while, probably until about April. I know that more than just notes from school will be coming home with our student and we should stock up on tissues and Tylenol.

Contact Staff Writer Jamee A. Pierson at (641) 792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com.