Swine Flu, Day #2

8:30 AM: Makaylee comes into my room with a fever of 101.5, coughing, and groaning. She says "Mommy, when I woke up, I couldn't even get out of bed, I had to wait for a while before I could move!" (How sad is that!)
9:00 AM: The Ped's office calls, Makaylee has a laboratory confirmed case of H1N1 (big surprise!) I am advised that if Rowen, or I develop ANY symptoms, we are to get into the Dr.'s office to be immediately started on Tamiflu. I say to the nurse "Okay, well, my daughter is A LOT sicker today, and since she has a confirmed case of H1N1, can't we start her on the Tamiflu too?" The nurse tells me that she will have to ask the Dr. and call me back.
10:30 AM: Ped's office calls back, "No, we cannot prescribe Tamiflu for Makaylee because she is not at risk and is a healthy child. We just have to let it run it's course." Doesn't that just seem wrong and sad? I wonder if it was their own child that was curled up in a heap of blankets on the heat vent, if they would give her Tamiflu?

Towards the middle of the day she felt a little better, although she practically lived in the bath tub today (at her own request.) Her fever came back a little stronger tonight though. It has been so hard to keep Rowen away from her! He is so frustrated that I keep telling him to move away that he has started shouting back "No, KK is NOT sick!"

This is really sad timing for her, as she has been SO looking forward to Halloween, and all the Halloween parties and festivities! It is just kind of a watch and wait weekend, I just pray that she gets over it fast and that Rowen and I can avoid it! We'll see what tomorrow brings!

'Taking One For the Team'

There have been several kids in Makaylee's class with the Swine Flu. I have been SO worried and stressed out about this flu for a lot of reasons. #1 Rowen has ended up in the hospital with minor colds, so I can't imagine what this flu could do to him. #2 Quite a few previously healthy pregnant women have died because of the flu (and I really don't want to be one of them!)

So you can imagine that I was a little freaked out when Makaylee came into my room coughing this morning, and had a fever of 100.4. I was sure, (still am sure) that it is H1N1, so I brought her into the Dr. right away, thinking that the earlier you get treatment, the better.

The Dr. looked at me like I was a little bit crazy, because Makaylee didn't even have a fever when we showed up (because of the Tylenol I had given her) and was really not feeling too bad. But when she looked in her throat she said it was really red, and ran a strep test on her (which she freaked out about!) The strep was negative, so the Dr. explained that she may have H1N1, but since she is a healthy child we should just treat her symptoms and let it run it's course (in other words: No Tamiflu.) However, since she lives with two people who are at high risk, it makes it a little bit more important to know exactly what we are dealing with so we had to test her for H1N1. The Dr. said "It is NOT a fun test, but she is going to have to take one for the team!" Oh, it broke my heart! To say it was not fun is a huge understatement! They had to suck mucous out of her nose with a booger vacuum, and it looked like they were trying to suck her brains out! 3 people were holding her down and she was screaming like they were torturing her. They ended up leaving her with a bloody nose in the saddest, little, crying, puddle-of-a-girl you have ever seen. Of course I scooped her up and let her cry in my arms, and then I realized 'Whatever she's got, I've got it now!' But what other choice do you have when you are the mom?

As the day has passed, the sicker and more tired she has gotten. We'll know tomorrow what the results of the test are!

Caught One!

Makaylee went fishing with her daddy this weekend and caught her first fish ever! She did it almost all by herself and she was proud as punch! Terrill explained to her that they could 'catch and release', but she insisted on bringing it home to cook it! (Thank goodness it was a Rainbow Trout and not a Carp!) She didn't even freak out when Terrill gutted it, and she thought it was HIL-AR-I-OUS that it grossed me out, BIG TIME! She ate that fish for dinner and claimed that she loved it! What a funny and adventurous girl she is!

Halloween Fun

I love Halloween!

This year my sister and I did the Witches scavenger hunt at Gardner Village, the kids had a blast, the weather was gorgeous, and we even earned chocolate chip cookies at the end!

This is a darling little pumpkin patch near our home.

The kids died over these little wheelbarrows!

Just my size!

Witches Night Out

Me, Mom, and a bunch of girlfriends went to 'Witches Night Out' at Gardner Village this year. (Terry was off hunting with his brothers, so it was perfect timing!) It was my first time going, and I was completely flabbergasted at how many witches could pack themselves into all those tiny little stores!

We ate at Red Robin first, and got quite a few funny comments and looks. There was this group of 24 high school kids going to Prom that actually asked us if they could take their pictures with us! It was so funny.

My Baby Needs a Name!

The problem is not that we can't think of any cute names, the problem is that we CAN'T AGREE on any names! I have lists and lists of darling baby girl names that I would be more than happy with, the problem is that all the names have huge lines that Terrill has drawn through them!!! When I find a new name I get all excited, sure that it is THE NAME but it takes about 2 seconds for Terrill to shoot it down and ruin it for me! (Here are some examples, so you know I am not over exaggerating!)

Me: "Piper?" Him: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers!"

Me: "Embree?" Him: "Embryo!"

Me: "Delilah?" Him: "Hey there Delilah what's it like in New York City?"

Me: "Lucy?" Him: (with thick Spanish accent) "Oh, LLuuuuccccyyy!"

And, the more names I tell him, the more "Rules" he develops.

Me: "Violet" Him: "No colors!"

Me: "Daisy?" Him: "No flowers!"

Me: "Ruby?" Him: "No Gemstones!"

Me: "London?" Him: "No Cities!"

SERIOUSLY! Who would have thought that Hubby would be so picky about his baby girl's name! I have even tried the I-am-the-one-that-has-to-give-birth-to-this-baby argument, but baby still has no name and she really wants one! Does anyone have any great suggestions? (For my husband to rip apart!)

It's Hard to be the Mommy!

Me, Makaylee, and Rowen have all had the 24 hour (plus) stomach flu today and I am just so worn out! It is so hard to be the mom, help my kiddos, and clean up their messes when my stomach is churning right along with theirs! (Warning, too much info:) At one point Makaylee started to explain to me what her vomit looked like (something about the last thing she had eaten) and at that moment I was getting really queasy and I said to her 'PLEASE don't tell me about it right now, it's making my stomach hurt!' Sure enough, seconds later I had to dive into the bathroom to vomit, (and dry heave a bunch of times!) Poor Makaylee was standing behind me asking me if I was okay and I couldn't even answer her, and then she started crying and saying 'Mama, I'm sorry I won't talk about it any more!' Poor thing! The only good thing was that we were all equally beat, so we pretty much just all laid on the couches all day and rotated between the 5 library movies we had picked out a few days before! But I couldn't help thinking, it's hard to be the Mommy, when I wish my own Mom could be taking care of me!

Fall Leaves

This Sunday we took a little drive up Butterfield canyon in Herriman to look at the leaves and we were not disappointed! The kids loved shouting out all the colors they saw as we driving.

The ground was covered in the most colorful carpet of leaves, it was so beautiful!

Makaylee had to collect a leaf in every color so that she could show them to her grandmas and cousins at our after conference dinner. (I didn't get a picture of Rowen, because he and Terry were off being boys and looking for deer and throwing rocks in the river the whole time!)


It is awesome to have such a pretty canyon so close to us!

Anderson Family Photos

The Anderson side of the family got together for some long overdue family photos! They turned out pretty good considering that most of them were taken on tripods with auto timers!


(Not the best timing for me, being 27 weeks pregnant at the time!) Oh well, at least I can tell baby girl that she was in the family photos!

Our little family!

Mom and Dad Anderson

All 10 grandchildren!