The Flu ...

The flu hit us - and it hit hard. Five children fell like dominoes over the course of a week, and we are only now getting back to "normal". My oldest son developed pneumonia, the other four were in bed for days on end, and I could barely do the stairs until today. It has been two solid weeks of illness. For almost fourteen days we did not see the outside world (aside from the trip to the emergency room), did not care about life outside of our microbe-infested abode. Body aches, fever, stomach problems, coughing, coughing, and more gut-wrenching, rib-crushing coughing, boxes and boxes of tissues, laundry piled up and overflowing the baskets ... We were able to do school today, and the kids are finally eating again. Horrible thing, the flu. I may just re-think the whole vaccination thing next year - maybe.