Being pregnant and sick isn't fun...

On to day two of this crud and at least I'm not running a fever. The cough is still pretty bad but at least I was able to get a little sleep. We didn't get home from the ER/Labor and Delivery until around a quarter to two. Abs went to sleep around 8pm and I watched the Hawkeyes play against Michigan and took some Tylenol. It didn't do anything and my fever climbed to about 101.8 Tom apparently had been texting my parents who were in town for a date night and they stopped by to check on how I was doing. They came in and told me to go in. My mom said she would stay over to watch Abs while we were gone so that we didn't have to move her.

It was really cold driving up there, the temp was 25 degrees and with a fever that is miserable getting off of the couch and into the car. I didn't really want to go up there but I was feeling a little short of breath and really miserable. When we got to the ER there were already two other OB couples so they shuffled us up to Labor and Delivery. The nurses weren't very happy with the ER staff for making me walk up there because I was panting by the time I got up there. They hooked me up and the babies. My pulse was in the upper 140's (normal is 60-100) which was part of why I was feeling so short of breath even though my O2 saturation was ok. The important thing is that I was getting enough oxygen for the babies. It was pretty miserable being hooked up and laying in the hospital bed as I was freezing cold. The monitor was showing some significant uterine irritability (contractions) but nothing regular to worry about. I'm pretty sure it was related to all of the coughing fits and my poor body just being worn out.

The doctors came in and decided that I was ok to go home as long as I stayed on the Tamiflu and took Tylenol to keep my temp down and push push push fluids. So Tom brought me home and I took another dose of the Tamiflu, two Tylenol and crawled into bed. I woke up once because my fever had finally broken and I was freezing cold and wet. My mom is still here this morning (she stayed overnight) and is helping me out with Abby. Tom's still sleeping but I'm sure he was tired out from last night. I'm feeling a little better this morning so the Tylenol and the Tamiflu must be starting to work. It's amazing how much better you feel without a fever though!


They said this stuff can last up to two weeks... I'm hoping that since I'm starting to feel a little better it won't be more than a day or so. I don't know how I could handle two weeks. Well I had better go and hang out with my mom while she is here.