THE "F" Word

So as of January 31st Parker has been sick. It started out as a fever with vomitting. We were staying at a hotel for the night after the Autism Rocks Benefit. During the benefit he got alittle antsy for the babysitter and started to have a meltdown. So she took him to the hotel to calm down abit and maybe rest. Not my son he wanted to watch cartoons. So after awhile he felt alittle better to come back to the benefit. Well, that night was the start of this damn virus. We had to go get him some childrens advil for his fever. I did notice he was holding his throat. For a kid on the spectrum that has no communication skills he can't tell me where it hurts. A couple days went by and he was still so lifeless laying there in his bed so we called the doctors. They diagnosed him with flu like symptoms but didn't want to call it the flu. Well what the hell would you call it then? ( We did get him his flu shots this year!) So we kept him home 48 hours from school just to be safe. Each day is different one day he is great the next he is back feeeling like poop again. Seems like when we give him his advil his meanness and fever goes down and he starts feeeling better. But once it wears off watch out! I don't want to keep having to dope my child up to make him feel good. Especaiily when he hates taking the medication. Now for mommy hey throws it back up but daddy can get him to take the liquid and keep it down. His symptoms are coughing, runny nose, soar throat,fever,constipation and lack of appetite. Now in the mean time mommy starrts to get sick. Different symptoms though. Mommy thinks hers was sinuses for she didn't have vomitting or fever.  I am on day 19 of this crap. Ok now daddy is feeling bad and vomitting and has diarrhea. Something has to be going around that all 3 of us have this crap.