You really won't believe this...

Thank you for the prayers, calls and thoughts, friends. Kate is fine. Her surgery went well and her recovery is going okay. She is having trouble keeping things down and she is in quite a bit of pain. She screamed bloody murder when she came out of anesthesia for a long time. I felt so bad. They let us home home which is nice, I suppose. She is very cuddly and clingy and is on my lap as I type this:)

This morning as we were getting ready to go to the hospital (4:30 AM) Will came into my room telling me that he was really sick. He had fever, chills, headache, and runny nose. He had a temperature of 102. We left him home with the babysitter hoping it was just a little bug.

There was a point at the hospital that I realized Will might have the flu. Kate had hives all over her body and she was cuddling with Will last night. I wondered if we should cancel her surgery in case she was getting sick. Since she was asymptomatic, they went ahead with it. In recovery, I called our pediatrician and asked if my babysitter could bring Will in. She did and he has THE FLU! He tested positive for influenza A and they think it is the swine flu (80-85% sure) because the regular seasonal flu is not usually active this early. So we have two patients isolated in different parts of the house. Will is quarantined to his room and we are wearing masks when we go in.

**He just had an AWFUL hallucination that a blanket was attacking him (my second child to have a horrendous reaction to Tamiflu!) You might remember Kate's AWFUL reaction to Tamiflu . I knew that Tamiflu caused hallucinations in Asians sometimes but what we saw in Will was terrifying. No more for our family. Will took it a few years ago without any side effects and I was taking care of Kate so I did not even think about Tamiflu but this was really, really scary.

We really have to try to keep Kate from getting this flu.

I am praying that no one else gets it right now. Here are a few lousy photos....I wish I had taken a few more because this is something I would put in her scrapbook but I was pre-occupied. The quality of the photos is terrible.

Reading the princess books with Dad before surgery.

Cuddling with Dad in recovery.

Having a popsicle at home. (the pot was because she keeps throwing up;)

Opening some little gifts from Taylor (our part-time babysitter). Kate calls her "Tigger" and Kate LOVES her. She is going to be a child life specialist and she put together the cutest little recovery bag for Kate with Hello Kitty socks and pencils, a notebook and stickers, nail polish etc.

Sorry if this post is all over the place and poorly written. I am tired and it has been quite a day!