Got swined?

Last year my husband came down with the flu. A real flu. Sick in bed with high fever, body aches, and cough. It went on for what seemed like forever. In reality it was a full week out of work. Sick in bed the whole time. When he did get better it was short lived and he soon became even sicker than before. After some checking it was determined he had pnemonia. He was put on heavy antibiotics. He still didn't improve. More shots. More doctors. Double pnemonia diagnosis. Finally some improvement. Three weeks of serious illness, near hospitalization. It was horrible.
Last June Jacob got the flu. Sick in bed with a high fever for 7 full days, then a sinus infection. 2 full weeks in bed.

This fall when Swine flu shots were available I was determined to get them. Those of you who have a asthma in the family understand how much worse the flu can be for those who have it.

So I got up at 5am and got in line to get us our shots...Isn't it funny when you get up that early in the dark and think no one will be doing this, no one else is as crazy as me. Then you get there and its packed beyond your expectations? It was a crazy turn out and thousands came. They cut the line off right after us sending thousands more home. 3 hours in line and it was almost our turn. I hurried and called Alan to have him bring the twins (there was no reason to have them wait in the cold). Pretty soon he calls me to tell me my tire is flat. I had to call a good friend to rescue us. There are not many friends you feel comfortable calling before 9am on a Saturday like that. She came through and the twins received their swine flu shots along with the rest of us.

Here was just part of the line.

It was almost as hard getting the booster required 28 days later for the little kids. But it got done. We were all swined.

Some pretty happy shot victims wouldn't you say?