This weekend we were supposed to be going to our family Christmas party at my dads, well instead we decided it would be funner to get the flu and fun stuff like that! I used to think the flu was no big deal. When people tell you they have the flu or the cold you don't really think much of it because it is so common. BUT it really does put you out. Gavin text me on Thursday saying he wasn't feeling well. He went home early from work. I got off around 7 pm and came home to a sick hubby. He had a deep cough and muscle aches. That night he woke up at 3 in the morning with an excruciating headache and coughing really bad. I gave him some excedrin for the headache and he went back to sleep around 4 am. I had to get up at 6 for my infertility shots. I gave myself my first shot which was not as scary as I thought it would be. The last couple weeks Gavin has been giving me the shots but he was way too out of it. That morning was also the first day of more shots. Shots I had to mix the powder with sodium chloride. This new shot was bigger and I didn't want to attempt to give it to myself. I text my friend Laura who is a nurse and told her I was on my way to work so she could give me my shot. She told me she would meet me in the locker room. I brought all the stuff with me. We mixed all the shots and it seemed like A LOT of fluid to put into my belly. Then I realized something! I mixed TOO MUCH fluid with the powder. I was pretty upset with myself and called the on-call nurse. She told me to inject all of it into my belly and that it would hurt and suck today but tomorrow only mix 1 ml of fluid with all four powders. I mixed 2 ml of fluid for EACH powder. So I had 9 ml fluid extra! URG! I was so mad at myself! OUCH! So Laura had to inject ALL of it into my poor belly really slow. It hurt SOOO bad. My friend Jess was there to hold my hand and wipe my tears too. I was extra grateful for my friends that morning. No way I could have done that by myself. I had a couple errands to run so it was around 9 before I got home. When I got back Gavin was still in bed but he was burning up. I gave him some tylenol to bring his fever down. It worked for just a little bit but then he started burning up again. I decided to take him to the doctor. We got to the instacare about 4pm and had an HOUR wait time. Poor Gavin was sooo uncomfortable, I had him go sleep in the car while I waited. By the time we got back to see the doctor he was MISERABLE. The nurse took his temperature and it was 103! I knew my thermometer wasn't working right, it was reading 99, 97, 98. But I knew his temperature was higher than that. She got him some apple juice and Ibuprofen while we were waiting to see the doctor. Gavin made me cry because he started crying a little from all the pain he was in. The doctor gave him a couple prescriptions and sent us on our way. Gavin couldn't wait to get home to lay down. I dropped him off and then went to pick up his prescriptions and some Gatorade, apple juice, and some groceries. It took forever to figure out the insurance and I had to be on the phone for almost an hour. Which in the end the insurance only took off a few dollars and I still had to pay 137 dollars!!!! After I finally got the meds paid for the pharmacist explained how to take the meds and then went on to tell me they had a patient die already this year from the FLU! A younger patient too. As I was leaving I just started crying(Ya the fertility drugs may have influenced this). Once I got into the car I called Gavin to see if he was okay. I was so worried about him. Ever since I told him my worries he keeps giving me a hard time that I was worried he was gonna die. But seriously it still is freaking me out just a little because he is STILL sick. I don't think I have ever seen him this sick. Poor Gav. THEN when I was looking on Facebook I read that 13 people have already died this year in North Carolina. Ahhh. Im pretty sure its from H1N1 but it is still really scary. So I give Gavin meds every 4 hours. He feels better but only because of the drugs. I also have been making him take a bunch of Balance of Nature so he gets all his servings of Fruits and Veggies and will get better faster! Today is Sunday and he is still sick. Now Im starting to get a headache and sore throat. Hopefully I don't get the flu too! This is not a good time for me to get sick. Ive been washing my hands a lot. Lysoling everything, washed all the laundry in the house and towels and blankets he has been using. Im trying to keep from getting sick. A girl can hope. I just really want my happy healthy Gavin back. We have been together for the last 3 days straight mostly watching movies and sleeping but he isn't himself. Cant wait til he feels better. I enjoy taking care of him and am glad I have been home to do so. Im sad I didn't get to go to my dads this weekend and play games with my siblings and everyone. They had a fun weekend and I hope we can get together again soon since I missed out. I also realized after this weekend I need to buy a better thermometer. I figure I will need a good one for when I have babies anyways so thinking about going out and buying one of the ones you wipe across your forehead. If you get the flu I suggest you rotate tylenol and ibuprofen every four hours to keep your temp down so you aren't miserable and drink LOTS of fluids!!! AND take lots of Balance of Nature!! Eat your fruits and veggies! Love you all and I hope you stay well this season.
Love
Gina
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