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...I think the swine flu panic has reached a new low...
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...I think the swine flu panic has reached a new low...
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A friend sent me that pic a few weeks ago. It's funny.Well, I just met a woman (a nurse at Yale New Haven hospital) whose brother in law nearly died from swine flu.
He was a 42 year old plumber with a 10K deductible hospitalization insurance plan. Consequently when he spiked an 104 F fever, he did not go to the hospital for several days-when he did he was in the ICU for over 2 weeks. He is finally off the ventilator, but he is making no sense when he speaks and they haven't seen him move either his arms or legs yet.
This is nothing to be foolish about, kids.
Plus it is you guys, not the old and the young, that seem to be getting the worst cases.
So please be careful?
That's a really good point. I worked on ICU for quite some time, and there were often cases of patients, not only old people, who got terribly sick because of the flu, or some rather harmless pneumonia bug. It can happen to everyone, every time and not just because of the Swine Flu.What's interesting about the swine flu coverage is that the swine flu is being made out to be so much more dangerous than regular flu. Regular flu kills many people during a flu season and that fact is being totally overlooked. All flus are dangerous, not just swine.
Grgranny, I don't know when this happened, but I am very sorry for your loss and for the pain you went through.My husband was the same way and when he had symptoms of colon cancer wouldn't go to the Dr. and when he did, it was too late and he really suffered. So, if any of you have any signs at all (rectal bleeding), get it checked out.
Things are especially dire for parents because they know that if they take sick days now, they may not have them for when their kids get sick; when a child is in day care or school, this means that the only option is to send a sick child to a "sick child care."
Ouch! I don't think I'd keep my job for long if I did that! Oh, and I'm very old-fashioned is that I believe that sick kids should stay at home as much as possible until they get better.Or you can do what one of the attorneys at my job does, bring the kid to work and expect your co-workers to watch him while you go to court.
Ouch! I don't think I'd keep my job for long if I did that! Oh, and I'm very old-fashioned is that I believe that sick kids should stay at home as much as possible until they get better.
Unfortunately, I can't say "heck with my job". Most moms cannot. That's what I'm saying - we end up going to work when we're sick just so we can save up those sick days to stay with our kids when they need it more...I agree. To heck with my job, or a stupid school policy.