Swine Flu Strikes

Sadly on Saturday we had to leave Uncle Simon & Auntie Melissa’s wedding reception a little earlier than planned as Emilie told Mummy that she wasn’t feeling very well. Emiie said she was cold but when Mummy felt her she found that she was actually very very hot and then Emilie said she had a sore throat and that is when it was decided we should come home, so we gathered all our belongings together and set off back down the M6, but not before Emilie was given a dose of medicine to bring her temperature down.

When we arrived home Daniel & Joshua were asked to go and get ready for bed whilst Mummy (Alli) and Daddy (Tim) looked after Emilie, who was now complaining of aching all over!

Mummy (Alli) took Emilie’s temperature (38.5 – 2 hours after medicine) whilst Daddy (Tim) went onto the internet to find the number for the emergency doctor, with a number found Mummy (Alli) then found the Doctor whilst Daddy (Tim) helped Emilie get ready for bed.

Mummy (Alli) spoke to a nurse on the phone and told her the symptoms that Emilie had and they told Mummy (Alli) that it sounded like Emilie had contracted the dreaded Swine Flu and so she would now have to spend the next 5 days in quarantine.

Emilie was tucked up into bed and Daddy (Tim) sat with her whilst Mummy (Alli) went to the emergency doctors to collect Emilie’s prescription for Tamiflu.

When Mummy (Alli) got back Daniel & Josh were told that Emilie had swine flu and so they were not to go into her bedroom under any circumstances, if they wanted to see her or talk to her they needed to stand outside her bedroom door and chat from there.

On Sunday we were supposed to have been going to Laurie & Jule’s Christening and Amy’s Birthday Party but becasue Emilie was in quarantine we stayed at home instead. Poor Emilie had to stay in her bedroom all day and so to make sure that she didn’t get too bored Daddy (Tim) went out to the shops and bought a pink portable DVD player for her.

This little gift cheered her up a little bit and she lay in bed all day watching HSM3, Alice in Wonderland and Tinkerbell. Her tempertaure was up and down all day depending on when she had last had her medicine and she said that she felt very tired.

Monday morning arrived and everyone except Emilie & Mummy left the house, as Mummy had arranged to work from home whilst Emilie had to remain in quarantine. We had a small problem that we had to tackle and that was how Daniel was going to get to school.
Usually Daniel & Emilie are dropped off at school by Linda but understandably Linda wasn’t keen on Daniel going to her house, the next option would be for Tim to drop Daniel off at school but he was taking Josh to school and so couldn’t be in 2 places at once, so it was decided that Daniel could walk to school on his own.
Daniel was very excited about this and about the prospect of walking to and from school on his on each day. He was under strict instructions to go straight to and from school and he was compliant, he was actually home from school just 15 minutes after school finishes on Monday, which is unheard of for Daniel as it usually takes him 15 minutes just to get his stuff together and leave the classroom!

Emilie spent the day in her bed watching the Pink Panther on her pink dvd player, we had bought Daddy (Tim) all the Pink Panther cartoons on dvd for his birthday and he thought Emilie might like to watch them and he wasn’t wrong!!!

On Tuesday Emilie was a little bit livelier, although her temperature was still up and down, and after everyone had left the house she came downstairs and had some breakfast and then sat and decorated a jewellery box for a couple of hours, after having some soup for lunch she then crashed out on her bed again and resumed her Pink Panther viewing marathon.

Wednesday saw a further improvement in Emilie, with her tempertaure peaking at just 38.5! She asked if she could do some school work, she really doesn’t like missing school! Mummy gave her some maths to do and she happily sat and did this for the morning before once again crashing out in the afternoon.

By Thursday Emilie was much better and she had her last horrible Tamiflu tablet in the morning. She managed to stay up all day without having to retire to her bedroom for a rest in the afternoon and her temperature had reduced again, although it was still touching 38.

Today is the end of quarantine for Emilie and Mummy (Alli) who hasn’t been out all week either and we are really pleased to say that she has made a full recovery and normal service has resumed i.e. her & Daniel have argued!