Flu Shots!

So we have decided that it is now mandatory to get a flu shot every year and advise everyone else to as well.

Sara woke up on Tuesday morning with a sore throat and didn't really think anything of it, more and more symptoms came throughout the day though.

By the end of Tuesday, which was a very long day out of the house, Sara felt terrible. Body aches, headache, sore throat, coughing and so on...

Tossing and turning all night while coughing and moaning, from the body pain, she kept Spence up all night. Finally the couch called her name! ( Yes, she was the sick one and Spencer would have given up the bed and taken the couch but she likes to have the whole house when sick so she doesn't bother him)

The symptoms worsened by the next morning so Sara called her mom to ask her what she should do. Her mom works at the doctors office that we go to so she got Sara an appointment.

The doctor was not really convinced that Sara had the flu but gave her the option to be tested. Sara figured well I am here we might as well. Also, you have to be tested in the first two to three days of symptoms to know if you have the flu.

Have you ever been tested for the flu? Okay, well it is not something you really want to experience. They take one of those long q-tips and stick over half of it up each nostril. Slightly painful and it is said that if your eyes don't water and your nose doesn't run it wasn't done right! Sara's was a success, teary eyed with a runny nose her test came back positive!

YUCK! The Flu really sucks! Sleeping on the couch the last two nights in a row and probably a third tonight is not fun.

The body and head aches stopped yesterday but last night began the puking phase! Woohoo!

Today Sara was a little quizy but feeling a bit better! Still coughing and a little achy here and there but all in all it was much better then the last two. The medicine takes a day or two to start working so hopefully that will kick in anytime now, until then she will continue to load up on that good 'ol Nyquil Cold and Flu!

The conclusion to this, to help prevent the risk of getting the flu again in years to come we will be getting the shot cause the Flu Sucks!

We hope everyone else is doing well!