I gotta say, you feel pretty dumb when the doctor asks you if you got your flu shot for the year (especially when you're pregnant) and you have to say no. Do you answer with a defiant "no"? A matter-of-fact "no"? A look-down-like-your-ashamed "no"? I can't remember which one I used, but I sure did feel dumb.
Especially when she started reading me the warnings of having influenza while you're pregnant. "An increased chance of mother's death." Fantastic. They recommend you take Tamiflu, which is a Category C pregnancy medication. Which means, as she explained, that they have tested the drug on animals, and the animals' babies had adverse effects to the drugs, such as spontaneous abortion, or serious birth defects. All the sudden I feel like I am playing big-kid decision-making. I didn't really like it. Cord called my OB on his cell (on a Friday night) to ask what to do. He told me definitely take the medication. Having a serious case of the flu is much worse.
So here I am now. And I think I am really blessed. Friday was the sickest I've been in a long long time. And I'm not just saying that. The doctor told me it would for sure get worse if it really was the flu (which it is since my test came back positive), but I've only felt better since Friday. Still not great, mind you, but better. Thank you Tamiflu? I'm also gonna give most the credit to a loving Heavenly Father that is looking out for me and little Bambi. My brother, dad, and husband gave me a priesthood blessing on Friday night, and since that blessing I have not run fever.
Now if only the Tamiflu was not making me so nauseated that I want to die... :)
Wellll that's pretty much been my week in a nutshell. Cord got an MRI done on his knee on Friday. His doctor thinks he's torn his meniscus, no bueno. If he has, he will most likely need surgery. Oh the dangers of playing soccer.
To add to our super fun weekend, Harley the dog was sick yesterday and today, so we (and by we I mean mostly Cord) got to clean diarrhea/vomit out of her cage every couple hours and then give her a bath.
When it rains it pours right? Needless to say I have had better Easters. The worst part is I bought a Disney egg dye kit and didn't even get to use it.
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