H1N1 Been There Done That

All in a mother's day's work, which lasts 24 hour day shifts, I finally got a break as my sixteen year old son when back to school today. Nine days it took to get over this H1N1 flu, but he and I survived! I had one of those mother's intuitions, that gnawing gut feel, when he insisted on going to watch a Friday night away high school football game at the nearby rival High School. As I dropped him off in front of that High School to meet his other friends, a little voice inside said, "This is a breeding ground for H1N1." He already thinks I over protect him. His older sister thinks I over protected him as he grew up because of his asthma (Thank God He grew out of it). So, I said to myself "You are being over protective." The Bible says don't dwell on bad forebodings, think happy good thoughts. So I let him go because he insisted. The Bible also says "Honor thy mother and father." Listening to them sometimes, I believe counts as honoring them?

Forty-eight hours later he had a fever, body aches and difficulty in breathing. His survival was due to dilligent motherhood amongst a few other important factors that I need to mention. Googling H1N1 symptoms helped identify the need to see a doctor right away (within first 48 hours of symptoms) to get the Tamiflu pill. The On Call nurse, Liz, who answered my call at ten o'clock pm to represcribe my son's albuterol inhaler medication and called it into the CVS pharmacist who, in turn, got it ready quite quickly for my almost midnight pickup. My sister and brother-in-law that took in my mother and my 21 year old daughter, as my son and I quarantined ourselves. My brother-in-law who drove by and left Emergen C packages at my doorstep and rang my doorbell. Last but not least, my mother who kept calling and shopping so we wouldn't run out of Kleenex, toilet paper, food or Simply Orange Juice, Apple Juice and Lemonade. That Simply stuff is amazingly delicious, as are all the people in my life! Scary stuff...we as in the human race gotta beat these viral and microbial germs...we need great scientists...what will H2N2 be like?..oops...no evil forebodings...and I will honor my mother!