It might not be the flu, but you don't want whatever is going around lately.

My whole family has had it for the past 2 weeks now. The first one, as far I as know that had the sickness was Cassandra's dad. They stopped by a few weekends ago and the next day Sabrina was throwing up nonstop.

Later on Cassandra got it - but not as bad it seems - she didn't throw up but her sinuses were extremely clogged and practically lost her voice.

For a while, it looked as if Juliana and I would be spared but earlier this week, my nose started plugging up which happens with me a lot anyway but it's not spring or fall so it couldn't (shouldn't) have been allergies. I thought it was odd and ignored it as best I could. The next morning I knew I was one of the doomed.

The worst of it was Thursday night. Now that it's Friday night, I still can't talk without it being really painful, my sinuses are extremely plugged, and I'm just "out of it" more than usual.

Right now, Cassandra is at the ER because Juliana has a 103 temp and won't drink anything - which is a bad thing for a toddler with a temp. She's getting IVs now.

So, I'm sitting here, knowing I can't really do anything at the moment, but just worried about my family. Things will be OK I am sure but wow, this virus, whatever it is, really knocked us down. I'm typically the last person to get sick, but this thing really nailed me.