Flu? Swine Flu? Virus? That is the Question?!!?

Today...after sleeping from 9-12, and finally eating a bowl of soup and crackers..

this morning...about to puke...almost didn't make it to the bathroom!

The first day of it all...on a Motrin high, still smiling..

sinking...down..down...down...crash.

Definitely still sinking....

The difference 4 hours makes..from smiling and happy to downright miserable.

Boy has it been a tough go at it the last few days! Ella Grace has been sooooo sick! I can't tell you how much clorox bleach cleaner I have used to prevent the other 2 and myself, and yes Daddy, too, from getting this awful unnamed sickness that we have gone to war against! My poor baby was fine Monday morning, yes the typical breathing treatment was given to her, but that is the norm with us! And of course, I had to snap a picture of the cute diva in the curly~q bow, that I, myself, MADE! Anyway, she looked fine and dandy...

THEN, I got the call. Ella Grace had 100.8 temp, and I was scrambling! I didn't know what to think. Flu was the last thing, I was thinking ear infection, cold, something simple. BUT NO. We got home, and the fever just kept going up! It was 103 with Motrin! Needless to say, Dr. J hasn't seen anyone with this type of "whatever it is!" Flu swab tested negative, but she was showing all the signs: high fever, vomiting, headache...I just knew we were going to have it. Then he tested for strep, negative. I was so overwhelmed with the idea of NOT knowing what she had, and what to do or not do with her! So, I went on and treated it as if it were the flu or swine flu at that. After 2 sleepless, vomit-full nights, we are on the down slope...at least for now. It is Wednesday and she hasn't had a fever since noon. And she hasn't puked either! God is GREAT! I have been scared to death at what might have been, but I just prayed and knew he would take care of her. Now she is back to her sweet, happy, fiesty self..but not too fiesty..I don't want to do all of this again tomorrow ;o).