A Long Winter's Day!

Yesterday was a very long day in the Riddle home! Benjamin and Jack both stayed home from school with the flu and Owen was just worn out trying to keep up with it all!

I went upstairs to check on Jack and when I came back down Owen had snuggled in for a nap!
Ben had the roughest time yesterday with a fever peaking at 106.9 (yes, I have one of those temporal scanners and I managed to get that reading 5 times). Needless to say.....Ed came home from work and off to the Dr. we went. We had the hardest time getting him to stay coherent in route and by the time we arrived his temp was at a nice 103.5 (the Tylenol had finally kicked in)! They checked him for meningitis and pneumonia but he had been on amoxicillin for an ear infection (last week) so he was diagnosed with a viral infection (the flu)! We kept him on Tylenol and Motrin all day and not once did his temp drop below 101.5. In fact, this morning he was back at a 103.5 temp, so another day home to rest,recover and hydrate! He's actually feeling much better this afternoon and thank goodness, we leave on Sat. for our family trip to Disney World!

Jack was feeling much better last night (not only did he have the nasty flu bug, but he managed to get pink eye too). He couldn't resist making a fort in a new big box (yes, it's 'Jack' in a box)!

I think everyone is on their way back to peak health (except for me, who needs a mental health day)! Thanks goodness Saturday we are getting out of the rain and will be enjoying 10 days in sunny Florida!