Philip came home from school on Tuesday very tired and flushed. His bus driver and her assistant knew something was wrong. Sure enough, when I got him inside he had a fever and was almost asleep while I was carrying him. He hadn't slept well the night before but I immediately knew it was more than just being tired. I had a feeling it was the flu but we decided to take him and have him tested to make completely sure. I took him to OU children's and I was right.
He did have the vaccine back in November or December but the doctors are saying the vaccine missed a strain of the flu and that's what is spreading.
We got the tamiflu prescription worked out with the ER doctor. Since most kids take the suspension liquid and Philip can't have that because it has sugar, we had to get a capsule form. However, he can't take an adult dose and capsules can't be cut in half. Thankfully, tamiflu does make a smaller mg capsule though it is much less common. We had to find the pharmacy that had it but that didn't take too long. Those are the kind of things that make us thankful to be living in a big city. We were able to start a dose by late Tuesday night.
We're thankful Philip didn't have to be admitted this time. The good thing his doctor told me is that if you've had the vaccine, you'll still have a less taxing time. We would say that. Last years flu knocked Philip out for several weeks but he seems to be doing really well this time. He is already back up and playing on the floor today, less tired and hasn't had a fever much at all since he started the tamiflu.
I'm praising the Lord that it has seemingly gone so well. This week is the Heartland National Church Planting Conference so the timing was not ideal but I wasn't really thinking I'd be able to go to most of the services anyway. It's been a little bit of a stretch for Ben but he was thoughtful to suggest he stay home with the kids Wednesday night so I could go to one service at SWBC. I'm really thankful for the live streaming HBBC does. I've been able to watch parts of the services most mornings with the kids. They all like the congregational music. I love to hear the church planters' testimonies and then watch The Lord take care of many needs for them through the pastors and others that give. I've been encouraged just listening.
Pray that Philip continues to recover well and that we don't pass it around.