This little piggy has a beef
I rarely use this space to get all up in arms about something.
Well, maybe that one time, or the other.
Whatever. It is an unusual occurrence.
While I am well aware that parents live busy lives and juggle a multitude of tasks on a daily basis, a parent’s greatest responsibility is the well being of their child(ren). Or it should be, right?
Recently for us, our greatest concern has been the cold/flu season. Our efforts for staying healthy have reached far beyond vigilant hand washing, Purell, and cautiously avoiding sick individuals. In fact, aside from going to preschool, or to the grocery store once a week (without Babisodes), we pretty much stay home. Even on the weekends. Not only to avoid illness, but also to avoid spending a bunch of money by going out.
But as diligent as we are as parents, I know there is only so much we can do. Other factors are completely out of our hands.
Factors similar to when we decide to sit behind the wheel. As much as we trust our driving skills, and follow the rules of the road, there will always be some fool out there too busy LOL-ing or ROTFL-ing to calculate the distance between their front fender and your rear-end. WTF, right?
Apparently, a similar risk applies when dropping a child off at preschool.
Last week it was my turn to volunteer in my daughter’s preschool classroom for the day. It was a great opportunity for me to get a glimpse at Babisodes interacting with her friends and teachers. However, while doing so, it was quite apparent that a few children should not have been sent to school that day. As a nurse, I know that a cough can last for weeks. And children are able to run and play with a lingering cough just fine without it being a risk to themselves or others.
However, if your child can barely stand up or complete a sentence without a glazed look washing over their face, they should STAY HOME. It doesn’t matter if they don’t have a fever anymore. They need to rest and recover.
I cannot blame anyone but these kids’ parents.
The preschool day is only 2.5 hours long. Full days do not exist. Therefore, these parents thought it was more important for their child to wander aimlessly around class like coughing zombies, than to keep them home for a few hours.
Now Babisodes, who had not been anywhere but preschool, has a fever of 104F degrees and is coughing to the point of gagging all day and night. Not to mention, our pediatrician is not responding to our calls because their staff is fielding over 100 calls a day for patients presenting H1N1 flu symptoms.
Patients like us. But we will never find out if she actually has H1N1, because we can’t actually speak to the doctor.
Instead, we’re getting call backs from a pediatric nurse who cannot diagnose or dispense anything other than advice I already know.
So to those parents who decided their trip to the grocery store, hair salon, or wherever it was they had to be for a few hours that was so damn important their child had to come to school…
I hope it was worth it.
I will be sure to send you our insanely expensive co-pay and bills if our daughter ends up in the E.R.
Note: Our preschool sent out a notice last week to keep all sick children home for a full week if they are sick. Apparently, not everyone got the memo.
That sucks!! Poor baby. I hope Babisodes feels better soon! And I totally agree – especially with the flu season upon us. Keep your sick kids at home, people!!! Hubby and I work full-time but alternated staying home with Kate for a whole week while she was sick. My parents babysit our kids while we are at work but my sister had just had her baby and there was no way I was going to let that baby get exposed to anything!
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
THAT SUCKS. I share your disdain here. At our preschool it was kind of a different story because it was full day (so parents were even more unwilling to give up the time) but the fact that your preschool is only a couple of hours long and parents would still send the kids in makes it even worse.
Hope things look up soon. Sending lots of healthy mojo to you all. -Christine
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Sorry, Sandy. Hope Babisodes recovers quickly!
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Wow. We got read the riot act by daycare, and they will call you and require you to come get your child, like now. A barely a fever got us kicked out for a week. You had to have a Dr. note to return before the week was up.
Is it frustrating? Sure. Did I really want to spend the last of my time off on something more fun? Absolutely. However, totally worth it to know I wasn’t the one infecting everybody. Hope she feels better soon.
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Well said. My son has been home for over 2 weeks now except for a couple of days when we thought all symptoms had disappeared (or so we thought). Although it is hard for us parents – it does not help the child if they are not allowed time to rest and get well. I recently posted ways we can all cope when our kids and our friends kids are sick. Help each other when possible so we can all get through this winter…
http://kidoinfo.com/ri/how-do-parents-cope-with-so-many-kids-home-sick/
November 17th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
My daughter has the same problem with her preschool. The parents are not supposed to send their kids if they are ill. It never fails that some dufus will send there child with a raging fever. I have always wondered what kind of an idiot would do that to their own child. Do they not know that sick children should rest as much as possible? I think the parents should have to come in with their children and that they all should be screened. If the child is sick they should be sent home at the door with their parents. You would have thought with the H1N1 going around, people would be more careful. YOU WOULD THINK! I hope Babisoides feels better soon.
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Oh dear
Hugs and wishes for a speedy recovery!
Hubby always gets mad too when sick people show up at work with a cold/ flu / whatever but stay at home for a hangover.
Comparable to these people that thought shopping or whatever is more important than the health of their or other people’s children
Hugs!
November 17th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Poor Babisodes! I hope her fever breaks soon. I can’t believe people are letting their children go to school like that.
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November 17th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I hope Babisodes feels better soon. As far as common sense in some parents, I think it’s gone out the window. Sorry about their stupdity.
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November 17th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I hate this. I think some parents are selfish idiots. There I said it. Now, thank you for NOT being one of them! Praying Babisodes gets better quickly.
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November 17th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
That is my biggest complaint ever.
Wuzzles “Little Girl School” (where she goes 2 times a week) has been sending kids home if they have that glazed over look. Fever or not. And I appreciate that.
I won’t even take my kid out of the house (not even to sit in the car for a drive to the gas station) if she has any sign or symptom of not feeling well. It’s not fair to her, and it’s certainly not fair to anyone she could come in contact with.
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November 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Oh, I am soooooooooo with you on this!! One of N’ little friends was sent to school with diarrhea…..and then was out of school for 3-4 days afterwards. Brilliant! If your kid has the runs before school, just keep them home, ok?
I know I could open a big can of whoop-ass on myself, but I get tired of the whole “we have to work” thing. Like the stay-at-home moms among us enjoy rearranging our lives for sick children. It is a hassle to have sick kids. Period.
Hope your daughter feels better very, very soon! A pox on those parents!
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November 17th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Amen! It’s just as bad in my son’s high school. There are kids there who should probably be in a hospital not Algebra class. It should not be a choice, it should be a no-brainer to keep your kids or yourself home when sick!
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November 17th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
This is a HUGE bugbear of mine too. The amount of kids who would get sent into nursery while ill when we lived in Dundee was insane. Zack got quite a few illnesses as a result.
Luckily now we’re in a much smaller place, and I haven’t seen one single ill child in his nursery since he started 5 weeks ago. In return when Zack had the beginnings of a bad cold last week I kept him off just to be on the safe side.
I wish more places were like this. It makes *such* a difference.
Hope Babisodes gets better really soon hun, and that you and Dadisodes stay well too xx
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November 17th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Aww. That poor baby. I hate it when my kids are sick. I feel so helpless. I hope she feels better very soon.
And we are shopping for new health insurance too. Ours is so insanely expensive considering how young (relatively speaking, of course) and healthy Todd and I are. SO CRAZY.
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November 17th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Pediatricians across the country are getting hammered with H1N1. It may not really be his/her fault that they can’t get back to you. I know it’s a lousy excuse when it’s your child who’s sick, but triage has to be done.
Hope she feels better soon.
And, yes, I agree with you. I blame the stupid attendance rules. I know this is preschool, but remember, a lot of the moms have kids in higher grades where failure to show up can cause all sorts of problems.
The rules are set up to keep kids in school, not out. Even, unfortunately, during flu pandemics.
Still, some parents should just be lined up and shot.
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
It’s ALWAYS been a rule in our house that you can’t leave the premises until you have been fever free for 24 hours without meds. That’s the way Annie was raised and it always made sense to me – so that’s the way it’s always been for our kids.
Apparently, some young parents didn’t get the memo (you know, the one about “They’re YOUR kids and you are responsible for their health and welfare”) and there are many things more important than their kids health and/or the health of the kids that their kids interact with.
Now they’ve gotten Babisodes sick!!! If it was me, I’d be standing at the door to the Daycare with a can of Lysol and, after spraying the kids hands, I’d wrap them up like mummies and just lean them up against the wall until their parents came to pick them up. And if the parents gave me any lip, I’d wrap them up, too.
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Ah, preschool. We have had similar concerns about our preschool too. And W.W.’s lasts for 4 hours. Sometimes I wonder if parents really understand and observe how sick their child is, or if the business of life just sweeps them on until someone has to point it out to them. I think that’s sad, but also true.
I don’t blame you for your rant. I have spent all my time off with my sick children and some of unpaid time off too boot. They are definitely more important.
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I will never understand people who insist on showing up at work sick or sending their sick kids to school.
I worked with a woman who rather than use sick or personal time when her kids were sick she’d bring ‘em to work with her – even a suspected case of chicken pox. What are people thinking?
I hope you don’t catch it and I hope Babisodes heals quickly.
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November 17th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
My heart aches to read this! I hope she’s okay and runs the usual course of a high fever for a day or two and then gets better quickly. Can you take her to urgent care if she needs Tamiflu?
And as a teacher, you brought up one of my number 1, all-time beefs. I just feel so for kids who are sent in sick to school and especially for those healthy kids (and teachers) who are exposed to them. ARGH!!!!
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November 17th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Oh Sandy I’m so sorry. I completely agree and saw the SAME thing at my son’s preschool and it makes me furious. However, there the kids are FT and these parents drop off and head to work…
I commented to one mom there and she told me (snootily) that parents are anxious about losing their jobs in this economy so they’re NOT about to take a sick day to stay home with their sick child and I can empathize to a certain degree…until my son is the one on the couch with 104 fever!!!!!!!!
It is VERY frustrating!
November 17th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Maddening.
Wishing Babisodes a swift recovery and that you do not get it. Do not get it. Don’t.
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
UGH. SO annoying…i feel ya’. i am so hypersensitive to that stuff. if either of my kids have green snot, i keep them away from other kids. don’t want to be that asshole parent. poor babisodes. sending health vibes your way!!!
November 17th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Oh Momisodes, how I hear you!!! Loud and clear! I’m going through the same exact thing right now. Haven’t left my house in four days to stay in with my little one who is sick. I KNOW it’s because of the sick child at music class last week. What is wrong with some parents? I couldn’t agree with you more. That stinks about your pediatraican too. Good luck and I hope your baby is feeling better soon.
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
There is nothing more frustrating than that! I don’t understand how parents can let their babies out like that!!
I hope you daughter feels better soon, Sandy. I’ll be praying!
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I hope she’s feeling better soon. As a former teacher I know exactly how you are feeling. I would often call parents to come pick up their kids if they were exhibiting any symptoms. Parents would often get mad at me or give me excuses, like their child is teething (but the child has all their teeth). And now my little darling is sick from going to a library program where parents thought it was ok to bring in their sick kids. Uggggghhhh.
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November 17th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I actually got into a bit of a ‘thing’ last week about this with someone at Zoë’s preschool who believed that it was wrong three weeks ago of me to not vaccinate her for the flu because I might be putting her vaccinated child at risk (which I’m still like, huh? about), but then decided to send her child not only to school two days later with a FEVER, but also a running nose, coughing, and sneezing – all because she didn’t have the ‘heart’ to keep her sick kid at home, since they’d already spent the past 36 hours in bed.
And I’m the risky one. OY.
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November 17th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
poor baby!! when i was working at the station before i was full time the cost of health care was literally HALF of my take home. how am i expected to be able to pay rent, car, utilities, food, insurance and health care? didn’t happen. it doesn’t count as giving part time employees health care if it’s cost-prohibitive? pissed me off!!
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November 17th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I think this was the biggest thing that used to piss me off when my kids were little. And now it’s much worse because of the swine flu worries. At any rate, parents need to STOP BEING IGNORANT and selfish and keep their kids home! How dumb are they? How rude? And by the way…keep them OUT of the GROCERY STORE and anywhere else public! lol.
I actually saved $30 the other day grocery shopping because in the morning – 10 am…there was a mom shopping with her obviously sick girls in the cart. Obvious fever ridden. Spewing stuff with every uncovered sneeze. I avoided 4 isles to stay ahead of them. lol. (thus I saved$$…but still, YUCK!)
Okay, gosh, you know how to get a germaphobe going!
Hope Babisodes is back on track soon!
smiles to you.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Ohhhh noooo!!!! I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to keep your sick child home. I understand your frustration, especially when you do all you can to try to keep your children safe and healthy. And then you have these parents that don’t seem to care. I hope Babisodes feels better soon. Hope it’s just a common cold and not H1N1.
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:09 am
POOR BABY!!!
We are hermits too…I am paranoid about my little ones getting the flu. It’s sad that some parents are not as careful!
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:13 am
I know what you mean, Sandy. And I’m so sorry to hear your daughter has such a high fever. Hope she’s feeling better very soon, and that you stay well!
Take care,
Genny
November 18th, 2009 at 12:38 am
104?! Yikes! I hope she gets better soon. I personally hate dealing with the nurses who call me back too. I have nothing against nurses. My mom is a nurse. BUt like you said, they can’t give medicine and really over the phone there isn’t much they can do. My little one had a 102 fever today.
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:49 am
Damnit! That totally sucks. And I wouldn’t blame you one bit if you lost your cool with one of those parents. I just about lost it with a coworker who was throwing up two days in a row at work and didn’t go home until management intervened!!!
People are so selfish. Go on and rant. I’m with ya on this one.
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November 18th, 2009 at 1:31 am
I am sad to admit that I am SO guilty of sending Kaish to school last week when he was still sick. He had this meeting he desperately wanted to go to and even though I knew it was a bad idea, I let him try. The nurse called me even before the school day started to say he was in her office throwing up. I felt terrible about it and I still do. My Pediatrician also told us not to come in and see her because there was nothing they could do for the flu. I really think Kaish had that!
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:05 am
Girl……I SO HEAR YOU! When K was sick one day I called the school to double check on the policy. I figured it was the typical “stay home until they are 24-hour free of fever, diarrhea or vomiting.” Nope. “Have her come back when she feels better.” Why, thank you?!? I guess that applies to everyone? Scary. No wonder everyone gets sick!!!
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:32 am
That is Horrible! I try to be really dilligent about NOT sending my kids to our day care when they are sick, it’s a small in home day care with few kids, and I know misery loves company but not during cold and flu season especially when my littlest one can have serious problems if he gets H1N1 or the flu!
I hope everyone is better soon!
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:33 am
That’s awful! It really is soooooo hard for us moms when our kids get sick. I always pray for good health. I also pray for Babisodes’ speedy recovery.
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Oh, I feel your pain. I worked in child care for years and caught every contagious illness known to man. At least there, it was actually child care, so the parents had the excuse that they needed to work. For 2.5 hours, they clearly aren’t working.
BUT, I also blame the preschool. They need to put their foot down and turn those kids away or call the parents and INSIST that they come get their sick child! One of the many reasons I quit working in child care was the directors were terrible and never wanted to risk making the parent angry and thus losing their money. They put money over the well-being of the children.
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November 18th, 2009 at 6:05 am
The poor little sweetheart! It used to frustrate me to no end when people sent their kids to school and they were clearly unwell.
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November 18th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Oh, that is terrible!! I hope she feels better soon! We rarely leave the house anymore either. All I have to do is stand on my front porch and start throwing rocks and I am going to hit someone with H1N1.
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November 18th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Poor sweet baby. I hope she gets well soon!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:43 am
AMEN! I cannot stand it when parents drop their obviously sick children off at daycare or school just soo they can have a few precious hours to themselves. If you don’t want to be bothered by actually caring for your children, why did you have them in the first place?
I’m pulling my hair out in frustration for you. I hope Babisodes feels better soon!
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November 18th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I know what you mean! I kept calling our doctor when my son was sick and all I could get was “We have a walk-in tomorrow morning.” Luckily his illness seemed to clear up but mine didn’t. I ended up with swine flu and bronchitis. However, I’m an adult and can find more way s to help myself. I hope your daughter is OK and gets better soon. Please stay right on that fever and keep it down. You’re a nurse, I know….look at who I’m talking to.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:33 am
That is so sad! I really hope she gets feeling better, and people learn how to take care of themselves and their families if they are sick. I don’t buy into the h1n1 hysteria, but that is not to say I don’t try to keep my family healthy and follow all the normal precautions of hand washing, covering the mouth when coughing or sneezing, etc. But I really do hope she gets well soon. The poor thing!
November 18th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
It constantly drives me bonkers that people go to work or ship their kids to school even when seriously ill. I don’t understand it. Let’s just infect everyone!
I feel your pain.
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
This drives me crazy! I know a lot of people at the High School and even Middle School level that don’t follow the rules about keeping their kid home until they have been fever free for over 24 hours.
Both of my girls had a high fever and cough (that lasted for 2 weeks) and I kept them home probably a day longer than they needed too because I was worried that they would catch something new from a kid that was sent to school sick.
The schools should install those fever detecting machines at the front door!
I hope your baby gets better quickly.
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I hope Babisodes gets better soon, it’s hard to be sick, especially when you’re a kid. I suppose some people are just plain inconsiderate or patently stupid–I’m not sure which one they’d rather we believe.
When we had an AH1N1 scare here a few months ago, schools set up measures to keep sick students out and to force them to go on self-quarantine for 10 days.
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
No kidding, what is wrong with parents lately? It drives me insane, especially with all the sickness around. Hope Babisodes is feeling better soon. I just found out my 8 months pregnant friend had H1N1 two weeks ago (thankfully we were not exposed). She was sick for about four days with mild flu symptoms and didn’t think it was H1N1 at all. Went to the doctor just to be on the safe side. 4 days later they call her to let her know she had BOTH seasonal and H1N1 strains. Crazy! So glad her symptoms were mild and she recovered easily. But it just goes to show how many people have it and probably don’t even know it. Kisses to Babisodes!
November 18th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I agree with you. Those parents should have kept their kids home from school. I hope your little one gets better soon.
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November 18th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Some parents are dumb. Hope Babisomes is doing better soon.
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November 18th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Sorry she doesn’t feel well. We had a rash of it go through our home, first the girl then the doctor. No one went anywhere.
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Oh, poor Babisodes!! She looks so pitiful!! Ali had a virus this past weekend too, but it was just a fever, thank goodness, and it’s gone now. I hope she gets to feeling better soon! And, I totally agree with you. Yeesh.
November 18th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Amen! I’m so sorry your little sweetie is sick, but I have to say that I am now so glad that I kept my little coughing, non-feverish girl home for two days this week. I know it was only a cold, but she was miserable and I didn’t want anyone else to catch it, even if it wasn’t so bad. Being sick sucks no matter what the illness and parents should know better.
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November 18th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
HORRID!!!!!! I was so psyched that now both my kids and myself have gotten the H1N1 vaccine. Now we just need to stay healthy for a few weeks while our immune system gets into gear. Do you know if they are still recommending that kids get a 2nd shot/mist?
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November 18th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I am so sorry she is sick! It broke my heart to read that. Hope she gets better soon and you don’t catch it!
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November 19th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Ugh. There is nothing that makes me more grumpy than people who don’t keep their sick kids at home, even though I KNOW the pull of that desire myself, since it means I have to take a sick day too (and my kids have full-day daycare, which means that a lot of people send their kids sick because all the kids are there because parents work full time). Still, it’s nothing but irresponsible to send a child to school who clearly just needs to sleep. And as a professor, I can say the same thing about older students: they also just try to “push through” and keep coming anyway until they simply break down. This not only makes them even sicker; it also makes the rest of us catch what they have. Having caught H1N1 myself and spent 10 days at home sick, I know it’s really un-fun and super inconvenient. But I also know that it doesn’t do anyone any good to spread the germ love around by traipsing all over creation with a sick kid (or adult) in tow. I totally feel your pain and hope Babisodes gets well soon.
If it’s any consolation at all, our doctors around here are saying NOT to come in to see them with flu-like symptoms at all. They only want to see kids who are seeming to develop complications like pneumonia or sinus infections because all the cases of flu symptoms ARE the flu, and there’s not much they can do except tell you that. (You don’t want the nose-swab test to confirm it; it’s really painful.) I’ve had several friends whose doctors actually told them just to keep the flu patients comfortable, and isolated at home, rather than adding to the exposure by taking them out — even to the doctor. Not that it makes Babisodes feel better. But maybe it will make you slightly less frustrated about not being able to get through to the doctor.
I hope she gets well soon, and that you don’t catch it!
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November 19th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Poor baby!
I would be completely angry too! I never take my kids out when they are sick and expect others to have the same common courtesy. It’s not fair to have other people endanger your children!
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November 19th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Oh yeah, that totally ticks me off too. My son has a hard enough time breathing at night without being sick thank you very much!
I think people truly do not understand illness and how it spreads or at least I hope so.
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November 20th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Last year at our preschool Christmas pageant SEVERAL parents brought children ACTIVELY Suffering thru the stomach virus. They were overheard teaching the children the hand signal for “get me out of here, I’m going to puke!”. SERIOUSLY – SEVERAL parents brought children WITH STOMACH VIRUSES to a church preschool so they could be in the show. And infect lots of other poor preschoolers JUST IN TIME for Christmas. Some people deserve to be shot.
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November 20th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
This has been something that has been frustrating me a lot lately too. There has been more than one instance when I’ve dropped off my kids and I’ve seen a child who can barely stand because they are so sick. I get so angry. I just don’t get people sometimes.
My daycare sent the same letter about staying home for a week as well. I guess it’s becoming standard issue.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm