Sigh.

[sylvia_rachel]

Fever >38°C? Check.
Feeling chilled? Check.
Dry cough? Check.
Sore throat? Check.
Muscle aches? Check.

Looks like somebody's not going to school for the rest of this week...

Comments

[delta_november]

Yikes. Be well, all of you!

[sylvia_rachel]

I think she'll survive. Kiddie tylenol works a treat ...

[jjschwabach]

Stay healthy!

One of my coworkers was in the hospital for several days recently -- it wasn't until about the third day that she was alert enough to make the connection between the nurses *assuring* her that it wasn't H1N1 and the fact that they wouldn't permit her teenaged children to visit. Even so, most cases are much milder. (She has a tendency to run herself into the ground anyway.)

[sylvia_rachel]

Oh dear! That must have been scary.

I'm not that worried, TBH -- SP perked up quite a bit once she got the kiddie tylenol on board, and none of us is in a high-risk group (DH does have asthma, but it's very mild and well controlled with minimal medication). She ate dinner, ate a bedtime snack, is keeping well hydrated, and is only a little warm now, 5 hours post-tylenol. Of course we'll keep a close eye, but I suspect she'll be fine.

I do hope the rest of us don't get sick, though. I have two high-risk co-workers (one's about to have a lung resection, the other has CF) whom I really don't want to infect.

[jjschwabach]

Yes, it was. We at work had all figured it out long before she did -- I mean, 46 year ole women are not normally hospitalized for the flu.

Yes, you do need to worry about the safety of your co-workers, it sounds like. I mostly have to worry about clients, rather than co-workers,(I work in a health care facility) though one co-worker is waiting for a kidney transplant. I think he was at the top of their vaccine priority list.

Of course, we're barbarians down here. I can get the regular flu vaccine and H1N1 free of charge, because it's necessary to protect patients, but boy, a lot of people can't...

[sylvia_rachel]

Here in Ontario -- I'm not sure what protocols are being used elsewhere in Canada -- there are currently flu-shot clinics running (only 10 for the entire city of Toronto, which makes NO SENSE), and a few doctors' offices have managed to meet the requirements to be allowed to purchase the vaccine in batches of 500, but one is supposed to go get the shot only if one is in a high-risk group (pregnant, immunocompromised, child under 5, caregiver to child under 6 months, respiratory problems, etc.). (And of course health-care workers get vaccinated, as one would expect.) How they are verifying this I have no idea -- my lung-surgery colleague said nobody asked her for any verification of her high-risk status when she went. For whatever reason, they're not doing the normal flu-shot things with this one (workplace clinics, dozens of clinics around the city through Toronto Public Health, etc

[jjschwabach]

Sounds about like how they're doing it here, except, of course, no national insurance, so... Probably kids in Headstart are getting free shots, I hope.

Before Flu Season officially started, all the local pharmacies were advertising that they would have shots available when the vaccine arrived, but I don't think it ever did.

I'm a risk category anyway, because I have asthma and have had pneumonia twice.

Poor bunny!

[anonymous]

I'm so sorry to hear that! Does sound like she's doing ok, and I sure hope that keeps up. I've heard that the first 24 hours are key -- if she's ok and it doesn't get bad in that time, then she'll have a mild bout. Definitely after 48 hours. So I will keep my fingers crossed for you all!!!

Jeannie

Re: Poor bunny!

[sylvia_rachel]

Well, she still had a fever this morning (but only 100°F, not 101°F), and I just phoned to check on her and DH said she was fine (he's staying home today, I'm doing tomorrow), as in, not miserable or sobbing or throwing up or anything. So hopefully she'll be back in school on Monday, Friday being a PD day.