January 10, 2013
I cannot be the
only one…who noticed that immediately after their child started preschool the
potty talk meter busted through the roof and the coughs and sniffles increased
ten fold. This is why when I read
in the news this morning that the flu season has not only arrived early but the
amount of flu suffers is unrivaled from those who have suffered the aches and pains of the flu seasons of yesteryear. These reports put me
on edge, I wring my freshly sanitized hands and wonder when will my son bring
home the latest in this year’s flu symptoms.
My son has had a
lovely cough that shakes and rattles the walls since right after Christmas that
has been waking us all up in the middle of the night and I worry that he will be more susceptible to the flu. In the effort to prevent the the flu and return to a normal sleep pattern I put in a call to our overwhelmed pediatrician’s office only
to be told the same old same old; if he is not running a fever he does not need
to be seen by the doctor. While
reading the multiple news reports about the severity of this flu season, the
variety of fantastic symptoms, and of course the shortage of Tamiflu, I start
to feel sick to stomach and as far as I know I haven’t contracted a
single dirty germ yet.
To try to save us all from the gift of the flu this year I will do my best
to remind my son to wash his hands, not to touch the other kids at school as
much as possible (I don’t see why this would be so complicated), and to keep his
fingers out of his nose, at least until we get home and can wash his hands, all in the hopes of keeping the flu season monster at bay. I think all of us parents with children in school
feel like sitting ducks, just waiting for the first grumpy groan from our child
that indicates we have officially become a number in the 2013 flu season
demographic. I cannot be the only
one who feels that it is only a matter of time before a flu disaster strikes their quiet home…can I?
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ReplyDeleteOpps, it looked like my post double posted, but I guess it didn't! Here it is again :) When my oldest started school I was sick the whole year. Kids spread germs like crazy! I saw your post on bloggy moms and following your rss feed now. I look forward to your future posts :)
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Hey Frugal in WV,
DeletePeople warned me about the dramatic increase in kid-diseases I would we welcoming in my home when my son started school but there are times that the fear of a runny nose feels like I am watching a horror movie, just waiting for the first sneeze is like waiting for the axe man hiding in a closet to jump out inducing screams.
Thanks for the comment and following my blog!