We Survived the Flu!

 Well, it happened. My biggest fear of the cold and flu season happened. The dreaded and feared H1N1 made its way into our home. It got my Logan Bear :( I had no choice but to get his shot late in the year. We have been sick so much from the boys exposure from school that even when I pulled them we were all so run down that we were still not well. I marked the date on the calender the he got his vaccination, then I marked two weeks in the future when he would have acquired immunity from it. Four days short of the two weeks he "got it". I felt so BAD. We almost missed it entirely. I feel confident had I of gotten him in literally a week sooner we would have been ok. Hindsight though. We soon found it was not in vain, however. This sweet little boy played, ate and drank VERY well, jumped on beds, and never had a fever of over 101 and it usually just sat right at 100. As a matter of fact I doubt anyone else would have even wanted to take him in. I had a gut filling though. He slept in longer, and seemed to want another nap shortly after that. Off we went for what I KNEW would be a flu diagnosis. His just short of 2 weeks shot was lingering in the back of my mind the entire time with dreaded anticipation.
 I have to say..I am so relieved the boys were vaccinated. No one else in this house caught it and Logan beat the flu in 2 days and again SUCH a very mild case. I have no doubt it was bc he had some but not all of his immunity built from his mist 2 weeks ago. It just didnt have time to finish doing its thing. He has breathed on everyone in this house...bc well that unavoidable. Kal-El didnt get it- vaccinated. I didnt get it- vaccinated same time as Logan.  Chris- No vaccination but On Tamiflu. We have passed every single thing around this year EXCEPT the flu bc we were protected. It blows my mind to hear people say they think it makes you sick. We have been sick a ton this year long before we received vaccinations in Dec. We started getting sick in October this year. Thats the very reason we had to put off the shots in the first place. My children have also had flu vaccinations every single year of their lives as soon as they turned 6 months old and are usually not sick much at all during cold and flu season. The one thing that was different this year school and an immune system getting a workout from all the new direct exposure. Im just glad its over. It could have been so much worse. Im grateful and relieved to have very healthy boys that will no doubt be even healthier after this years natural immunity building obstacle course! Im glad we got all of it out of the way before our Oregon trip!