We actually think it came from Nicole (our daughter). She had been sick for about 4 weeks. Fevers, snotty, post nasal drip, coughing and vomiting. With Nicole she often coughs for weeks. We had taken her to the doctor the week before and she had been put on a course of antibiotics to help clear it. On the weekend I was man down with fevers and coughing and Bruce got it the next day. So we are assuming Jason got this from Nicole and us. Dr. P immediately wrote a script for Jason and Nicole for Tamiflu. Tamiflu is an antiviral mediation used to treat swine flu. If you don't take Tamiflu it takes much longer to get better.
So with Jason having swine flu we had to keep him isolated for a week and Tamiflu meds for 5 days. He really wasn't that bad with it. As I said snotty, post nasal drip sounding chesty. It was really like normal flu and not serious at all. We have been through much worse. It was quite strange hearing on the radio and seeing it in the papers that a teenager had been hospitalized and isolated because he had tested positive for swine flu - the department of health obviously heard about the case and it was all over the media. This case was in another town but what's strange/funny is our town had cases including Jason and it was not in the news. Our doctors actually weren't that concerned about it. Both Nicole's and Jason's doctors told me, it's going around, it can be in the air for up to 12 weeks. There have been some cases but you can go to the shopping centre and catch it.
I guess we are just blessed that Dr. P tested Jason on the Wednesday as a precaution and we started meds straight away. This is probably why his symptoms weren't at all bad. We caught it early and luckily Jason didn't go to school on Wednesday or Thursday before we knew he had it and none of the other kids caught it. Jason was isolated for a week at home and he was absolutely fine to go back to school symptom free. Thank goodness for our amazing paed.
My friends who have or have had children with feeding tubes can so agree with me - hard to live with them but can't live without them. My friends we are a selective few. All our children have medical issues and these tubes have kept them alive. We are blessed by this little tube keeping them fed, nourished and alive.