Quarantined

This day has turned out to be so interesting.

For those not on Facebook, Mason was diagnosed with Pertussis (Whooping Cough). Since the diagnosis, I received a call from the Marathon County Health Department, requesting the names, birthdates and phone numbers of anyone that had contact with Mason since 12/25/11.

So if you get a call, yup, we started it.

They are calling to inform everyone of the symptoms, and if you have symptoms, you need to get tested. I got tested this afternoon, after an hour and a half wait in Urgent Care. It's a nice long swab that they put in your nose and down your throat. (EW) I will know by tomorrow afternoon if I've got the pert. That's what I'm calling it now - the pert.

So our lovely, understanding family needs to be placed on antibiotics too, and may need to be tested. In advance ya'll, I'm sorry. If I would have known Mason had THIS, I would have kept him away from all of you. :(

Mason is still not eating. He will be here until he does again. He's on constant Zolfran to keep him from vomiting and constant saline to keep him hydrated. He took a 5 hour nap today, so I'm pretty happy that Chris is on-call tonight. I'm going to get one more good night's sleep at home (in my quarantine mask) before packing my bag for a few more days.

I urge you all to NOT visit. It's not that great here, and we don't miss you yet.

Yes, my humor is back. I think its because I'm about 2 hours from temporary "freedom".