swine flu

Chris has been sick for the last three days. It has been a gross, uncomfortable to watch kind of the flu. He drove out to Aurora on Saturday night so that we could go to my cousin's baby's baptism the next day. Well at 7am on Sunday Chris wakes me up all sweaty and flushed saying that he's hot and doesn't feel good. I felt his head and haven't felt a forehead that hot before (and living with a bunch of teens gives me a lot of foreheads to feel). I don't own a thermometer because I rarely have fevers so I went down to our hall office to borrow one out of the first aid kit. He had a fever of 102.4 and according to the CDC all of the symptoms of swine flu. Awesome. Chris also informs me that a couple of kids in his mom's class at school have had it as well. Boy am I glad that he has been staying there lately to catch whatever this is. I then put him to bed and got dressed. He wanted to see if he felt better in time to make it to the baptism still (we did not). I was able to go to the store and get him meds, fluids and thermometer. All day he maintained a high fever. On Monday, his family had to get to the airport so sick boy and I drove out to Hoffman Estates then to O'Hare and back to Hoffman Estates. I left Chris there to get better so I can disinfect my apartment and he can take care of his mom's pets. It's Tuesday, and Chris still feels sick but no more fever, thank goodness!

When I got back from dropping Chris off I helped Michelle move over to the North Central College campus where she will be working next year. It was fun and kind of sad that she is leaving. Just more of a slap of reality as to what next year will really be like. It's going to suck when Sarah leaves at the end of the month.

Why do I feel like summer is almost over and school is about to start way too soon?