Sick kid alert

I guess it started yesterday, or at least that's when my daughter called me from her friends house and said she wasn't feeling well and wanted to come home. I knew she had to be really sick for her to not want to stay with her friend. So I went and picked her up. I made a pit stop at the Dollar General store and picked up some OTC cough and cold medicine for her as well as a throat spray because she said her throat was really hurting. One more pit stop to pick up some food and we were on our way home. Within an hour of picking her up, her cough went from a dry sound to a wet, unproductive deep cough from her chest. Her fever spiked up to 103. Out came the Tylenol and into bed she went. 

I was hoping that maybe with some rest and correct medicine dosage that today she would be feeling a little better. I was wrong, oh so wrong. Her fever is now back up to 102 and climbing. I've had her take some more Tylenol and I have the Motrin out as well. We'll do a fever check every two hours and alternate the Tylenol and Motrin in an effort to keep her fever at bay. Maybe, just maybe I can keep her semi well enough to last until tomorrow morning so that I can call her doctor and get her in to be seen. I don't want to take her to the hospital, but I will if I absolutely have to. 

My fear? That this is the flu. My bigger fear? That it could be H1N1. There are a LOT of kids out of school right now and H1N1 is the culprit taking them. I'd like to hope that the CDC has done their proper work and there is something that they can give to keep them alive. I remember vividly the amount of deaths from this strain of flu virus. So in an effort to keep this at bay, whatever form of flu it is, I'll be cleaning the house today and spraying Lysol on everything. 

Right now I just need my little girl better. Work is going to have to be put on hold today. I don't need to be there. I am right where I need to be today...with my sick child and fighting the fever.