Sick babies!

So, this week at my house has not been very much fun. It started with Keaton at about 3am Tuesday morning. He crawled into bed with Michael and me, he was burning up and begging for water. I got up and got him some water but didn't have the energy yet to take his temp. At 4:20am Michael got up to be at work by 5 and Keaton was even hotter, so I took his temp and it was 103.5...Yikes! Time to start tylenol and motrin!! Then Trevor man came down with the same symptoms.....By 3:30 pm Keaton's fever got to 104.5. So scary, and I had yet to hear from his Dr.'s office that I had called at noon!! Finally they called me back at 4pm and said, yep it sounds like flu, they really need to be seen for a drug called tamaflu that can take the symptoms away if caught within 24 hrs....unfortunately their Dr is seeing his last patient of the day. I was not happy! So, we didn't go to the ER or a walk in Clinic, because in my mind....."Kids have been making it through the flu for years with no tamaflu!" So we are pushing through and on the mend. The worst part of it all is that the boys were supposed to be going for a few days with Granny in Robert Lee because of Michael's an my schedules conflicting and crossing over where the boys would need a sitter. Usually I would just take some comp time or sick time, no problem.....BUT, I was put on the midnight schedule to help with training a new hire, so there was NO calling in for me with one of the other experienced dispatchers (that is usually on the mids shift) having 2 weeks off for vacation. Michael has just switched positions at work and didn't feel that it would be wise for him to take off.....So, in the end Granny has been a trooper and woke up at 3:30 in the morning to get to our house by 4:30 so Michael could be at work by 5 and she could watch the boys until 8am when I got off of work. Whew, anybody else confused by our schedule!! I am exhausted between work and sick kiddo's.
I am ready for the crazy schedule at work to be over. Luckily I only had 2 nights on the midnight schedule, but I do have to do a turn-around, which means, I will get off of work at 8am(in 4 hrs) and then have to be back at work at 4pm to work my normally scheduled shift...What a week! I am just thankful that Michael will be off when I get home so I can go straight to bed and get my zzzzzz's. And of course that I have an amazing Granny that is willing and able to help out as much as she does!!
Well enough of my woe's for now, I hope everybody is having a great week and that you all avoid this yucky flu!!