I am so bothered by this for so many different reasons.
I took her to the doctor for her yearly physical on Thursday. She got a clean bill of health. The doctor said she was in tip top shape. When I called I said I wanted her to get the flu shot...this would be for the regular seasonal flu, not the new and improved flu, version 2.0, better known as the swine flu. I was told it would not be a problem. The woman on the other end of the phone did not ask me if my daughter had asthma. All they had left was the nasal spray. If you have asthma, you cannot take the spray, you need the shot. And MGH is out of shots.
Fine, whatever, we'll just wash our hands a lot and keep calling to see when another shipment will come in.
However, she comes home and she says her throat is scratchy...next comes the cough...she wakes up the next morning with a headache...she is sooo tired...she has the flu.
The thing that I hate about this flu is that it screws with your head. First the kid is sick...then they feel better...then they are sick again...then the fever is gone...then the next morning its back with a vengence...its gone...then its back.
Another thing that I hate is that I am doing this alone. The ex-husband calls and checks in for a whopping 5 minutes, but that's it. I have to deal with getting her to take her medicine, to making sure she is taking in liquids, taking her temp and deciding whether or not I can go to work today or not.
Didn't go to work today, her fever was very low, but I figured better safe than sorry. Her fever shot up again to 103.3 half an hour ago. And I have to go to work tomorrow. Does the ex-husband have to face these issues? Nooooo...he's off "rebuilding" his life with the new girlfriend. Keep in mind he has been "rebuilding" for the better part of 6 years!
I cannot believe the fever is back!!! ARGH!!
Yet another thing that enrages me is all the information on the internet. I typed in H1N1 treatment...all these websites pop up, they claim to have info on treating H1N1...they list the vaccine as a treatment!
Where do you get this magic vaccine?!
In the state of Massachusetts, the first batch of this vaccine went to prison inmates. Normally, I am a left wing, bleeding heart liberal. Not this time, I had never sounded so Republican in my life that when the following thoughts crossed my mind, I wondered if I had been possessed by the ghost of a GOP member!
There is a vaccine out there that could have prevented my kid from getting this flu that is quite frankly kicking my ass and its going to prison inmates first?!? Why are their lives more important than my daughter's life? My kid never killed anyone! She never hurt anyone! But we're giving the vaccine to Johnny Rapist first? Does this seem wrong to anyone else?
Ugh! I am sooo frustrated! And I am so tired! And I have to go to work! And the fever is not going away! And just when I thought she was getting better, she gets worse! And people who do not raise my child or have no background in medicine or patient care are under the impression that I am dying to hear their opinion on what I should do!
I can't wait for flu season to be over...or for everyone with an opinion on what I should do to find a new target.
