Twin toddlers were sick with flu. But it didn't matter - they were there for each other
This year's brutal flu virus is tearing through homes and leaving thousands of people feeling crummy and sick.
Two of those people included identical twins Kylan and Kolby from Rome, Ga. But they weren't going to let the flu get them down.
Their secret? They're always there for each other.
In a video that has gone viral across the web, twin toddlers Kylan and Kolby are shown sitting on the floor facing each other. Both of them look pretty worn out. Flu will do that to you.
One of the boys then reaches out to his brother, holding his face and hugging his shoulder. His brother, dazed and with that sorrowful look that being sick brings, looks back at him tiredly.
Then his brother leans in again and the give each other a short hug, a silent affirmation that they understand how crappy it is to be sick, but they're dealing with it together.
The video has been seen more than 30,000 times and shared more than 50,000 times, with hundreds of people saying it makes them happy to see how much they seem to care for each other.
The boys' mother Kristina Rucker said one of the 2-year-olds tested positive over for the flu in late January after coming down with a fever.
"We were very concerned. I took Kyland to Floyd Medical Center's emergency room. The whole day he didn't eat or drink anything. No wet diaper," she told WXIA.
They were recovering over the last week, Rucker told Fox 5.
""They are doing better," she told the station. "They are still irritable because they have asthma as well and the flu triggers it."
Ruker told WXIA one of her older children also came down with the flu, and none of the were vaccinated. She told the station she would make sure they got a flu shot in the future.
And good news - Rucker posted some new photos on Instagram over the weekend. The boys sure do look like they're back in action and feeling better.
This story was originally published February 5, 2018 at 9:18 AM with the headline "Twin toddlers were sick with flu. But it didn't matter - they were there for each other."