Last week Leah from
La Vida Cheapo had a sound off on how people were feeling about the media hype on the H1N1 issue.
Well as you can see it's the middle of the night and I'm up as a worried mother because my nine year old woke up with a fever, sore throat and says that she feels like she can hardly breathe. These are things that you don't want to hear this time of year.
My first reaction was to give her pain reliever, a Triaminic thin strip, rub her down with vicks, start her on extra liquids, add an extra blanket to her bed. And of course wash my hands.
I tried to lay down after I had gotten her settled but then you start thinking of how you are going to keep the rest of the family from coming down with it. Where did she pick this up? I noticed at the Fall Harvest party in her class today that the boy who sits next to her was absent. Of course noone wants to miss a party unless they are ill.
While you are feeling terrible for your sick child you imagine placing plastic over her door and taping it off so noone else becomes ill. I then of course think about wisking my youngest off to my Mom's house until the illness is out of the house. But what if she has already been exposed? The girls were rolling around laughing and playing last night. I wouldn't want my Mom and sister to get it too. I don't have to worry about my oldest getting it, as he's a teenager and never home. My husband will hide until it's all over so more then likely it's just me and my youngest I need to worry about.
We have taken many precautions to not get sick in our household. I have wiped down everything with the clorox wipes that I got for almost free. I have sprayed the house with Lysol. The kids wash their hands after we go anywhere. My kids carry the anti bacterial gel with them wherever they go.
So how do I feel about H1N1? It scares me! Noone ever wants to hear your child crying from their bedroom that they feel like they can hardly breathe. Not everyone is going to get it the same. It might be a mild flu for some it might be worse.
What I do know is if your sick or feeling like you are sick you need to stay home and be responsible. While I was at work yesterday there was a lady in my store coughing all over the place she looked like she was on her death bed. She stopped in to pick up something her son needed. But, what she forgot to think about was that she had something that none of my associates needed HER GERMS!
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