We are nearing the end of winter here in Perth and it seems our household has finally succumbed to full on illness. A week ago, Game Fanatic came down with a nasty sore throat and cough. The sore throat was gone within a couple days but he’s still got the cough. The good news is that it’s mostly a night time cough only. Not that that’s particularly nice but it’s good he gets some break in there. Lego Lover got the sore throat next and seems to be mostly clear of that now but has some mild laryngitis. He’s had the cough, too, but it’s not so bad as his brother’s cough. There was a time when he’d be on asthma medication at this point but he hasn’t required it. The same cannot be said for older brother though.

While the boys have been passing their germs around, I’ve been under constant threat of acquiring the sore throat but haven’t actually gotten worse than a scratchy throat and some fairly usual ear/nasal/sinus problems. I figure it’s just waiting for me to let my guard down to strike. The Scientist has been been in a similar situation. The two of us have,  however, been hit with some sort of stomach bug(s) over the past few days. It got me today and while not incapacitating, it has been rather unpleasant.

We are rather fortunate at this point to have not acquired the lovely H1N1 flu thus far. According to news I heard on the radio last night, 92% of the flu cases in Western Australia are the H1N1 virus and only 6% are H3N?. I just went searching for any news source online for these figures but can’t find anything to substantiate what I heard. Very frustrating!  I did wonder how they were sure of the percentages because only a small number of cases are actually tested. I can only presume they took these figures from those who were tested. Regardless of the figures, we have managed to avoid it thus far and hopefully will stay clear of it until flu season is over.