Natalie has swine flu

Monday, September 14th, 2009 | Home Life, Photos |

Melissa just got back from the doctor and tested positive for swine flu. That’s the bad news. The good news is the doctor thinks the worst of it is already over.

Natalie was sick last week with a temp of 104.5, so Melissa took her to the doctor Thursday. At that time they tested her for swine flu and she came back negative, but mentioned that sometimes it’s hard to detect early on and that she had the symptoms. We kept her home from parent’s night out and declined some invitations to make sure she got some rest and that we didn’t spread anything.

I’ve been sick since Saturday with fatigue and flu-like aches, though my fever hasn’t run nearly as high as Natalie’s. I stayed home today and will likely stay home again tomorrow. If this is swine flu it isn’t nearly as bad as the regular flu Melissa and I had two winters ago. Knock on wood.

Anyhoo, here’s looking forward to Natalie feeling better. Here’s another Natalie picture I like.

Natalie has the curliest hair you’ve ever seen. Melissa put some straightener in her hair and took this picture. Within a couple of hours of being out in the humidity her hair curled right back up. Natalie’s three and has never had a haircut, so it’s sort of amazing when you see how long her hair really is.

When we wash her hair it looks very dark, darker than Katie’s, even. It’s just the ends that are light and make her look very blonde. Looking at old pictures I was blonde in preschool and only became brown haired later.

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2 Comments to Natalie has swine flu

countertop
September 17, 2009

H1N1, please. It has nothing to do with pigs.

That said, hope she is better and feeling well soon.

Since you have some personal experience, would love to her how you would compare this to the regular flu. My sense is that its actually no more virulent than what goes around ever year, and in fact but for the press looking for an angle to sell news (and HSUS trying to get people to stop eating meat), this would simply be “the Flu” and not swine flu.

Is it any worse than a regular flu??

Les Jones
September 18, 2009

“Is it any worse than a regular flu??”

Just the opposite. The N1H1 flu is milder than regular flu.

Melissa and I had seasonal flu in winter of 2008. I had never had flu before, but after that I understood how people could die from flu. I had cold chills, high fever, and felt like complete hell.

The day after I came down with symptoms my wife drove me to the doctor (there was no way I could drive myself) and got a prescription for Tamiflu. The seasonal flu with Tamiflu was way worse than the swine flu without Tamiflu.