Day 37: Getting Sick

HS and I sat here 24 hours ago marveling at the fact that our house had remained cold- and flu-free so far this year.  "It's great," I said.  "I feel healthier than I've been in years."  So, of course, I woke up with sniffles this morning.  By 10am, I felt really run-down, so I ran out to get some of the Oscillococcinum that everybody's been talking about.  I took a dose, followed by an hour-long cat nap and woke up feeling a little bit better.  A couple hours later, LittleGirl broke the news that she wasn't feeling well, and I discovered that she had a fever, so I started her on the Oscillococcinum also and gave her some Motrin that reduced her fever right away.  She's sawing logs now and I'm hoping that she doesn't get any worse and that LittleBoy doesn't get it at all.  I still have an itchy nose, but I don't feel terrible.  Hope hope hope that the swine flu stays out of our house.  


As a result of running to the store and then taking a nap, I didn't manage to eat lunch today until after 2pm, and I realized at about 8pm that I hadn't had dinner, so I had an apple.  I definitely ended up far below 500 calories today, but my two doses of Oscillococcinum (don't even ask me to SAY that) had 1 gram of sugar each, so maybe I'll end up OK for the day.  I was down 0.8 pounds this morning.  Keep your fingers crossed for me tomorrow!