H1N1, ever heard of it?
posted on 10/17/2009
Yes, our sweet Bennett is battling H1N1 this week....but we are thanking God that so far it has been manageable and he is doing really quite well.
B woke up from his nap at school on Wednesday pretty lethargic with a cough, so as that continued Wednesday night and Thursday morning (along with a low-grade fever), we headed to the pediatrician to see what was going on.
The doc said that his ear infection from the previous week was still there (after 10 days of anti-biotics), but after a FLU test we knew what the REAL culprit was. Bennett tested positive for Strain A of the flu, which has a 99% chance of being H1N1. He tested negative to Strain B of the flu (which is the common, annual flu), so since H1N1 is really going around here, we deducted that is most likely what we are dealing with.
Bennett's fever really spiked Thursday afternoon (right after getting home from the doc), but once we got the Tamiflu, anti-biotic, lung steroid, and motrin in him, he has been doing remarkably well ever since. God is good! We know that B's lungs and breathing are what we need to be most watchful for, but so far the meds and breathing treatments are doing what they are supposed to.
We all know that Bennett is a fighter and has an unbelievable stamina, so we are hunkering down to fight this mean virus.... and will later just add it as another notch in the Bennett belt of triumphs. He is our hero!
