Flu Update

So today is Ben's 4th day home from school, although he does seem to be starting to improve. His fever is low-grade now, though he does seem very tired still, coughing, etc. He has stayed in my bed almost all the time, watching tv, which to me is a sign he is definitely sick - he hasn't played video games all week ;)

Joel came down with the flu yesterday, and so far (with the help of Tamaflu) has not gotten as sick as Ben has been. He is definitely sick, but his fever hasn't gone over 100 or so like Ben's did for a while. Rebecca and Caroline are (as of this posting) fine, and as for me I am feeling tired and achey so I hope the flu is not coming on for me...!

In other news, Clara decided to hop on the ill (well, injured) bandwagon this morning and somehow sprained her right back leg. I have no idea how she did this because she was only out in the back yard for like 5 minutes, was fine when she came inside, and then was limping severely the next thing I knew. As luck would have it, she actually already had a vet appointment scheduled this morning to get her shots! So we added sprained leg to the list of things for the vet to check out. She got some doggy-motrin and instructions to stay off it. She may need an x ray if it does not get better in a couple of days. She is actually still limping pretty badly, and has been laying around looking almost as pathetic as Ben today.

Hopefully we all (human and canine) will be healthy again very soon!