Tubing and the Flu

Aiden and the Tiger from his hockey team

Luke and his hockey buddy, Cody

Finn 

Penguin Hockey team

Gage and Liam

Playing on the hill

We had a fun weekend of warmer than average temps again.  Luke and Liam got to go tubing with their hockey team and the rest of us enjoyed tagging along.  Finn loves to tube now and talked about it all day long.  It was a nice day to be out tubing since the temps were quite warm.  The snow wasn't the best, but the boys still had fun.  This will definitely be our last time to go tubing for the season as the temps this week are also warmer than average, but I am not complaining!

Our fun day of tubing happened the day before Liam became quite sick.  On Sunday, he woke up complaining that his legs were hurting and he didn't feel good.  He started running a fever and we figured out how to rearrange our plans for the day so that Liam could stay home and rest.  During the day, we gave him Tylenol and lots of fluids, but the fever kept going up (his fever reached 107 at one point) rather than down.  By the afternoon, he was lethargic and not responding when I asked him questions.  I called John at hockey and told him something was wrong and Liam needed to get checked out.  He tested positive for the flu and is taking tamiflu and was told to rest for at least 48 hours.  Overall, it was a scary experience but he's doing a little better.  He is still battling the fever quite a bit.  We are praying that he recovers quickly and is back to normal soon.  Meanwhile, the rest of us are also hoping that we stay healthy.  We all had the flu shot back in October, so time will tell.