We’ve now had it at my house, and it really wasn’t that bad.  The last of us got better a few days ago.  My kids went to play with cousins for 4 days, and while they were there, everyone came down with the flu.  I don’t know if my kids brought it to them, if their kids gave it to us, or if the whole group got it together.  Whatever happened, all of the kids came down at the same time.  My brother had his kids tested, and the results just came back positive.

Here’s a few thoughts about it:

  • It was interesting how differently it affected everyone.  My brother’s kids had temperatures of 105; my kids only went to 102.  It lasted several days in some, but less than a day in others.
  • Most of us didn’t throw up (but still were nauseated).  It was more aches and pains, high temperatures, big headaches, severely sore throat.  As the expression goes, for some it wasn’t a time to trust a fart. :)
  • It was super contagious.  All the kids came down with it at the same time.  When we picked our kids up, the rest of us had it within a day or two.  It was much more contagious than other flus we’ve had.

The thing that surprised me the most was the communicability of it.  Everyone was hit together.   We also have much worse flus before (the kind where you throw up over and over and over).  This wasn’t like that.  It was more “achy” than anything.

I guess we don’t need the vaccine!  We’ll watch the rest of you become zombies from it…  j/k