Who's got Pertussis? We do!

All bragging aside, this sucks. People either embrace you (and befriend you) because they feel bad for you or avoid you (even looking you in the eye!!) because they fear you- either way it's not as glamorous as it sounds. Especially when you get to talk with the county for 1.5 hours about it tonight and she promises to call you back tomorrow to ask "more questions". Apparently, we could not cover it all in that amount of time. We are not contagious and we've all been taking antibiotics to protect those around us, but still- it is a bit of a trip.

Bottom line, aside from frustration on my part, is that if you've seen us since mid-September and you have a cough- GO GET A WHOOPING COUGH test. When I told the nurse that our list of contacts from the last month would be about 50 people long, she said, "WHAT REALLY? OH MY!!" And I was thinking to myself, that was conservative- it's been a month after all.

Beyond all this though, which is just one of those random things you don't anticipate and deal with regardless, life is good. Promising pictures soon :)