Oink

Well, the H1N1 swine flu has hit home...we think.

Peter felt bad after baseball practice Monday night -- headache, sore throat, a little nausea. Not much of a surprise, since most of his classmates have been out of school at some point during the last couple of weeks. He fell asleep in his clothes, and woke up Monday morning feeling worse, with all of those same symptoms plus body aches. Isabel took him to the doctor.

"Classic flu symptoms," he said. Peter just about passed out in the parking lot of the doctor's office.

According to the doctor, they're not even testing for swine flu anymore; since it's past flu season, they're just assuming that any flu at this point is swine flu. He also said they've had about 100 cases in his office, and kids have been feeling better after a day or two.

The good news is, Peter felt better by Tuesday afternoon. Isabel started feeling bad Tuesday night, but seemed much better by Wednesday afternoon. I felt bad starting last night, so I'm hoping for an afternoon recovery.

If it continues like this, we should be done with it all by Saturday.

Peter missed the last few days of the school year, but he isn't complaining about it too much. What he is complaining about is missing a baseball game and being forced to sit around the house even though he feels fine. So it could be a lot worse.

I'll keep you updated on our piggy problems....