With the flu wrecking havoc across Valley hospitals and schools, it’s inevitable we will all know someone who gets sick.

Count the Reese household as a likely candidate: We have two children in school. Two young children who put their hands in their mouths and noses and eyes and ears.

Two children who love each other dearly, hug each other and everyone around them.

Two children who are among the most likely to get the H1N1 virus.

And with one at home with a fever yesterday, count us as likely victims of this bug, too.

My son has been a solid rock health-wise since March when he got his tonsils out.

But Wednesday he didn’t want breakfast. And when we got to school, he went and sat on the sidewalk instead of going to play.

In class, he just put his head down on the desk.

So after I took his sister to school Wednesday, I went back to his school, picked him up, took him home and put him in bed.

He slept most of the day. His fever went up to 101 then back down to nothing all night.

Then back up again this morning before I left him at home with daddy.

I just called there, and my son is sleeping again.

I’ve heard from different parents that their kids were sick for two days, then fine, then sick again. I’ve heard from others that kids are missing two days from school, but are then back to normal.

I’ve heard from a preschool director that  only 3 kindergartners showed today in her small class because the rest are out with flu-like symptoms.

It’s taking all shapes and forms. There’s no magic formula this bug is following.

My son may be fine tonight with no fever and ready to rock ‘n’ roll tomorrow.

Or he may sleep again all day. I have no idea. But I’m heading home, armed with a family-friendly DVD for the night and plans to read books and to down fluids.