Oink

I regret to inform you that David has contracted the dreaded swine flu. He came home from work on Saturday night coughing a little bit, but I figured that he was just tired and that it would be gone by the next morning after a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, it was much worse on Sunday and he had a fever of 100 degrees. By Sunday night, his fever was 103, at which point we went to the doctor (some of us more willing than others). The InstaCare doctor told us that it was indeed the dreaded swine flu, but that since David wasn't at risk for any related complications, there essentially wasn't anything the doctor could do for him. So we went home and pumped David full of Nyquil and hoped for the best.

And now it's Thursday, and I think David's been slowly but steadily improving. It's hard to tell with him, because he doesn't like to complain and therefore doesn't give me any clues as to how he's really feeling. The doctor told us that he has to be fever-free for 24 hours before he can go back to work and school, and seeing as how there's only two days left in this week, I think he should just continue to recuperate over the weekend instead of trying to push himself too hard too fast. Miraculously, I haven't gotten sick at all during this whole course of events. My mother-in-law gave us a $50 Dan's grocery store gift card, which was extremely fortuitous as it has financed all of David's illness-related medications: cough drops, Nyquil, orange juice, chicken noodle soup, saltine crackers, etc.

We anticipate that he'll make a full recovery soon; we're eating lots of pork in the spirit of vengeance. :)