Wednesday, April 22, 2009

How long does the Flu last?

So, Josiah came down with the flu a week ago Friday. It's flu season so we expect it and most of the kids have had it now so it was Josiah's turn. He's thrown up every day since-some days once and other days more. We took him into the doctor yesterday to see if it was something else, because I've never heard of the flu lasting more than 48 hours, much less 10 days. Apparently there is a strand going around that does last that long and he's perfectly normal, as far as having the flu goes. They have us taking stool samples, which is a whole other story in itself (I've changed my share of dirty diapers but nothing compares to taking a stool sample from an 8 year old), to make sure that he doesn't have something else causing it but that's about it. I expected so much more from the visit. Oh well.

Also, we took a trip to Ayres Rock and Kata Tjuta this last week, sick kid and all-pictures and details once I get stuff off the camera.

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