Halloween and the Flu .... oooo which is scarier????

Well, the week leading up to Halloween Kailey came down with the flu ... just regular flu stuff, fever, coughing, vomitting ( I can't tell you how many vomit loads of laundry I did that week, I stopped counting after 5 or 6) after she had been like this for 3 days we took her into see our family doctor who told us she could very well have the dreaded swine flu and we could take her into the IWK if we wanted to, or just take her home and take care of her there. I choose to take care of her at home. So he told us to watch for her breathing really carefully, if she had any trouble breathing, we were to take her to the IWK, OR if she was still feeling just as crappy after 24 hours we should take her in and get some tamiflu.
Anyway long story short she sort of got worse in terms of her mood the next day so we took her in to the IWK (doctors orders) and they told us what we allready knew ...

"yep, she has the flu" ... (gee thanks ) "take her back home and keep an eye on her breathing" (again, thanks....)


SO anyway, you may be wondering why I am telling you this.

BECAUSE ... I have been noticing alot of "fear mongering" going on in the media, and while I know that the swine flu has been very serious for alot of people, I think they are trying to scare people a little TOO much. I heard people saying things like;
"if you think you have the flu you should seek immediate medical attention"
..
I really don't think that is nessisary.
They will tell you the same thing they told us (this is the point of this story, so that you dont go and wait in the hospital emergency room for 4 hours)

- If you have the flu, stay home, get some rest.
-If you have trouble breathing, THEN go and call your doctor.

When we were at the IWK, we talked to sooo many parents who were FREAKING out about their kid having a COUGH, it's a cough people, calm down!!!! meanwhile the hospital has Actual patients who ARE sick and could use a nurse or doctor, but they are all busy with these lunatics.

wooooo anyway, moral of the story, relax everyone, it's going to be ok.




so on to Halloween.



Kailey still being sick, and me coming down with a cough myself, we thought trick or treating wouldnt be a great idea... so we raided our storage room and got dressed up and had a party at our house. It was way more fun anyway.




This is the pumpkin we carved ... Kailey kept going up to it all day repeating and pointing out his " eeeeyyyyyyeeeessss .... noooooooooooooose .......... moup (thats how she says mouth)

Flu and all, the angel got some flying lessons ....

Anyway we had a fun Halloween, we have a TON of left over candy (anyone want some?)

I was so surprised by all the kids who DID NOT say "trick or treat" what is wrong with those kids??? they just opened up their bags and looked at us..... ??? what the?

And there were an awful lot of "kids" who were probably about 15 or more, who did not even have costumes on!!!!

What is the world coming to??????

This post sounds a little cranky.... sorry guys. I will blame it on prego hormones.