The verdict is in....

Jacob has the flu! Took him to Dr. Geppert and he confirmed it with a test. I guess there are two different strains of the flu. One being you feel like you've been hit by a truck, are dying and have all the symptoms. Then there is the strain that you have fever, don't feel so hot but can function. In Jacob's case he has that strain. Of course he's functioning. He was acting a fool at the doctors office and I'm sitting there telling him I swear at 5:00 this morning his fever was a 101.5 and he felt bad! Since he'd already missed 3 days of school and the big TAKS reading test is next week he needs to get back. So, Dr. Geppert tested him so we knew if he could get some medicine. Sure enough he can. Here's the kicker...he can only get it in liquid form! It seems that Jacob does not weigh enough for the pill form of Tamaflu! That would be our luck. This kids hates...capital HATES...to take liquid medicine. He only weighed 65 lbs. Don't know what you have to weigh for the pills but that would've made things so much easier.

So, I'm on the phone on the way home telling mom he has to take liquid. So, she says tell Jacob if he takes his medicine I'll give him $5 next weekend! I tell Jacob and he comes back with "tell her to make it $10 and she's got a deal!" Mom did it! She said if he will take it she will give him $10! Now lets just see if this little bribe works or not. I hope so cause I hate the fight getting him to take medicine. He has to take this stuff 2 times a day! Luckily its the weekend and Steve will be here and he can help me get it down him! If they could make it taste like liquid Motrin that would be awesome. He loves that. But that's the only liquid medicine he likes. You should see us try to get him to take cough medicine!!!! Its just horrible!