Deep down I knew this was going to happen. I have kept myself in total denial and convinced myself that this was something that wasn't going to come anywhere near my family. But today it happened. My kids came home with a note from school informing us that a 5 year old child had come down with swine flu! Being the total hypochondriac that I am, I have already convinced myself that my throat feels scratchy and my son's head feels clammy. I am kicking myself that I haven't started treating my body better like I keep saying I'm going to. The way I am right now, if I were to get swine flu I will surely die. My body is just not healthy enough to take on such an illness. And what about my poor babies??? I am a nervous wreck.
There's been quite a few deaths from swine flu in this state. Everytime someone dies they say they had underlying health issues. Who doesn't have an underlying health issue? You can say that about anyone really. What if I had an infection from an ingrown toenail? The news could say that was an underlying health issue. Mild asthma? Scoliosis? They don't ever say what the actual underlying health issue was. It could be something mild for all I know.
I don't know who the child is but I'll keep my fingers crossed that they only get a mild case...and that they don't have an underlying health issue!
I'm dreading it arriving on our doorstep too.
ReplyDeleteWorrying times indeed. x
Oh dear. I think we've all been there recently.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry too much. It's just a flu. A nasty one, but still. We will all be fine! *rubbing sanitizer in her hands for the 10th time today*
My friend had it in her kids' school and they didn't catch it. They closed the schools for almost a week though. We haven't had any in our city's schools yet, thank God! But like my husband said, only 1100 have died world wide. That's not much in the grand scheme of things. Say there is 10 billion people in the world, total random number there, that's one in every 9,090,909. So no worries. This happened in the 60's. More people died from side effects of the vaccine than the flu.
ReplyDeleteWorking in a school, any illness stresses me out. This one more than others.
ReplyDeleteOh no, that is not good I hope they stay safe and healthy! Just keep on reminding them to wash their hands and take extra steps to stay healthy!
ReplyDeleteTry not to worry. I know it's easier said than done. I'm in the states and swine flu hit my state, in my very region. It all turned out fine and it didn't spread so that's good. It's a good thing that the school acts so quickly.
ReplyDeleteI hope everything works out, i think it will. disease will always be out there, we're lucky this isn't really serious like spanish influenza.
ReplyDeleteOh NO!!! I hope everyone is safe!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter came in with a bug yesterday. She works at Wendys (fast food chain) so there's no telling what sort of bug it is. I hope your kids and you stay safe.
ReplyDeleteI hope everyone in your family is alright! I totally get what you mean with the paranoia thing.. I always convince myself something is wrong. But it's better to be safe than sorry! Though i'm sure everything will be alright, at least they diagnosed the child when they did.
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