SWINE FLU?!

Saturday Thomas started not feeling well. I came home in the late afternoon from shopping and realized he had a fever and looked horrible. We went to an Insta-care and they tested him for Type A Influenza but is came out negative. We were so relieved! We knew he had some kind of virus but AT LEAST it wasn't the Swine Flu!

On Monday he was still fevering and not getting any better. We decided to take him in again when the nurse told me that we may have tested him too early. That's exactly what happened!

He tested positive for Influenza A which means they treat him as if he has the Swine Flu. The State is so swamped with cases that they don't even test for Swine Flu unless they are hospitalized.

What does this mean for our family? Well, ALL of us are on medication in hopes that we will not get it. They only have "high risk" families do this since it is in such great demand. Believe me, you are glad you don't because with our insurance we had to pay $86.00 for each prescription! That would be $434.00 for Tamiflu!!! After spending $70.00 on doctor visits (because of going after hours) The Swine Flu has cost the Heaps family $500.00! Lovely isn't it? All I can say is, IT BETTER WORK!! :)

After talking with 3 different doctors and Emily's Bone Marrow Dr. they all told us the same thing; Thomas is to be quarantined to his bedroom and the rest of us live life like normal. If we have any symptoms at all though we are to assume we have the flu and quarantine ourselves immediately. Matt had felt a little under the weather on Monday so he decided to play it safe by staying home since he was supposed to give a presentation to the Senior Missionaries. He said, "I would feel horrible if I got them sick!" We were grateful when he woke up feeling great today but just to play it safe he stayed home anyway.

Matt and Jacqueline have been given the "green light" to go to girls camp on Wednesday as long as they are symptom free (obviously). We figure it will help having 3 days of medicine in their system. They are so glad they can go without worrying about getting everyone sick since you aren't contagious if you are symptom free as well as being on Tamiflu!

This morning Thomas couldn't even raise his head off his pillow. This picture shows how he looks now which is the best he's looked since Saturday. He's actually able to watch TV. All he could do before was lay in his dark room and sleep. This is NOT our Thomas! We are looking forward to having him "back" soon :)

We are being careful not to have people come into our home (even though I clean it with Lysol about every 2 hours and Thomas is in his room.) We would feel so horrible if someone got sick.

Ellie and Jacqueline were determined to still be together by having Ellie sit outside in the window well so she could keep Jac company while packing for girls camp. Friends are great!

We are looking forward to having things back to normal at the Heaps house and hopefully Thomas will be the only one that gets the "Piggy Flu" :)