swine flu

[Whealie]

Looks like my daughter has it.

Confirmed case at her school. One of her friends (the whole family) on anti-virals.

Her cough yesterday was, according to the doc, missing a raging temperature. She has that now - 39 degrees and rising. We're back in the docs at 11.

[italy1]

so sorry to hear that mate. I hope everything is fine, pls keep us posted. Having kids myself I can only imagine what you are going through at the moment

[Mabels Old Man]

Originally Posted by Whealie

Looks like my daughter has it.

Confirmed case at her school. One of her friends (the whole family) on anti-virals.

Her cough yesterday was, according to the doc, missing a raging temperature. She has that now - 39 degrees and rising. We're back in the docs at 11.

Bugger that's not nice. Best wishes hope everything goes OK

[Daz Max]

Hope she's ok
Thoughts are with you and your family fella.

[barftone]

Sitting here with snot pouring out me nose and off work . Assume it's a summer cold but.....

[Mervinh]

Whealie sorry to hear that mate, just hope everything goes ok for your daughter
Merv

[Whealie]

Right, she's been swabbed. There is an acute shortage of testing kit and the one that had arrived by special delivery today was short of a swab, but the doc found an extra one from elsewhere.

That will take several days to confirm, as the lab is now hugely busy with the outbreak centred on her school.

As we were leaving for the docs another mum dropped off a letter the school was issuing from the PCT. And the doc just rang when I got back as Lewisham have now got central distribution points for the anti-flu drugs so my wife, who was getting the prescription while I brought Molly home, has had to go from the chemist back to the doc's (luckily just up stairs). It seems like the proverbial has well and truly hit the fan round here.

Amazingly the advice is for the rest of us to carry on as normal, except clean up after our daughter a bit more often and more thoroughly (door handles, the TV remote, and stuff like that).

The thing is it is just a horrible flu-style cold - really bad cough and headaches, aching limbs etc. The drugs are for five days only though.

I am hoping the rest of us will be unaffected. My son, who had a heart op at three weeks, gets annual flu vaccinations (and stays as far away from his sister as he can) so is probably OK.

Fingers crossed.

[African Simba]

So sorry to hear this. I hope that all goes OK and I wish her speedy recovery.

[Whealie]

Just had a thought:

Swine flu is all the rage. It's in the papers and on TV. It's not nice, but only those already ill die from it. It will all be forgotten in a week or so. My daughter will recover and be fine.

The kids that Make-a-Wish help wont be so lucky and won't get the press coverage. Their parents won't find it as easy to be chipper - though they probably will put on a brave face and keep smiling.

Makes me glad I did the Longest Day ride. Sort of puts it all into perspective.

[winxp-master]

Originally Posted by Whealie

Just had a thought:

Swine flu is all the rage. It's in the papers and on TV. It's not nice, but only those already ill die from it. It will all be forgotten in a week or so. My daughter will recover and be fine.

The kids that Make-a-Wish help wont be so lucky and won't get the press coverage. Their parents won't find it as easy to be chipper - though they probably will put on a brave face and keep smiling.

Makes me glad I did the Longest Day ride. Sort of puts it all into perspective.

well said m8, i hope the little one gets well soon...

Now back to the serious matters, i shook your hand at the ace, so when exactly did these symptoms appear?