Now Wren has it

Wren is sick. He has had a fever since late last night. I noticed him grunting and moaning in his bed and checked his temperature. He was 102. This afternoon he was 103.4 F (39.67C). He has been on Motrin, thymactiv and grapes. He was very tired most of the day and watched Robots, Ice Age and Dora and slept a lot. He slept almost the whole drive back from Mt Rainier (we returned a day early).

He had a lot more energy this evening and ran around playing "handsack" [hands up] with a stick. When you put your hands up he shoots you dead. He also spied on the raccoon who was creeping across the lawn to steal our catfood. Apparently, based on the muddy water and opened catfood bin in the kitchen, the raccoon has figured out how to open our catdoor by pushing and tapping on one side of the door then slipping in your fingers to force it open without a magnet.

I took Wren's temperature at bedtime expecting it to be low and it was 102.4 (39.1C). Sigh.

I hope he recovers faster than Frost who had a fever for 4.5 days.

I will be taking Wren to the pediatrician tomorrow to listen to his chest. I am mainly concerned that he not develop pneumonia from his previous chest cough (which he had not completely overcome) mixed with this new one.

Many kids at Frost's school have had this virus (flu) over the last week - 7 out of 10 kids in his small class. Two of them had fevers as high as 104.7 which we are hoping not to emulate. All are recovered but it seems to be a 3-4 day fever and nasty barking cough with some sore tummy, headache and lots of exhaustion.

Everyone is wondering if this is the swine flu or just some other flu. Nobody knows but we are taking precautions by having Wren checked early. Depending on how he is doing tomorrow I may ask for rapid flu test to decide whether or not to give him Tamiflu. Right now, he seems to be doing as well as anyone with a moderate fever.