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Posted by seldomseen on March 23, 2009, at 13:18:31
I love all the children in my family. I really do. Under all that cuteness though lies deep-seated, hidden disease and pestilence like one has never experienced before.
I spent the night with my brother and his family weekend before last, started getting sick last Tuesday and have been sick ever since. I mean the ragged, "bring out your dead" kind of sick.
It was inevitable, 3 children, 3 different contagions all manifested - head, chest and GI.
I love them, but the next visit I'm going and staying in full CDC level protective gear - with a respirator. Or maybe one of those giant hamster bubble balls. Webcams may be a viable alternative.
Seldom.
Posted by obsidian on March 23, 2009, at 22:47:08
In reply to Pestilence Day 5., posted by seldomseen on March 23, 2009, at 13:18:31
my goodness...are you ok?
was that a monty python reference??
-sid
Posted by Larry Hoover on March 24, 2009, at 5:24:27
In reply to Pestilence Day 5., posted by seldomseen on March 23, 2009, at 13:18:31
I hate that. I so feel for you.
My ex is a kindergarten teacher at one school. And for a while both my kids were in different schools. They were sampling many many children's families of germs, selecting the most virulent, and then exposing me every other weekend. I used to call my kids the DVs (disease vectors). Light-heartedly of course. I love my kids.
I especially hate viruses (virii, if you're a Latin geek). Little bastuhds don't even have the decency of developing their own DNA. Purely parasitic, but the sub-microscopic critters can hijack my DNA and take me out of service. Aaaaak! <Bill the cat reference>
Glad you're feeling better.
Lar
Posted by garnet71 on March 24, 2009, at 7:16:46
In reply to Pestilence Day 5., posted by seldomseen on March 23, 2009, at 13:18:31
That was kind of funny. ;)
My son's been in day care since he was 3 months old, so he built up his immunity by being sick quite often for the first 2 years of his life (guilt trip). His fevers were so high too, and I've had to put him in a bathtub of lukewarm water in the middle of the night a few times when it got so high it couldn't wait for tylenol.
People that work at hospitals and schools must build up immunities pretty quickly, or they wouldn't be able to be at work all the time.
I know when I became a parent, I never caught any of my son's colds. I think somehow parents are immune to their kids' germs.lol It slowed down for him gradually over the years, but he probably didn't quit getting sick until about the 10th grade. He did get mono in high school..By being around them MORE often, you might just become immune to them!
Posted by seldomseen on March 24, 2009, at 8:44:56
In reply to Re: Pestilence Day 5. » seldomseen, posted by obsidian on March 23, 2009, at 22:47:08
I went to the doctor yesterday (better late than never right?) and I have acute sinusitis and and a lower respiratory tract infection.
All this is really wreaking havoc on my smoking habit.
I started on augmentin which should kill everything - if it doesn't kill me first.
Yes it was a monty python reference ;)
Seldom.
Posted by seldomseen on March 24, 2009, at 8:50:49
In reply to Re: Pestilence Day 5. » seldomseen, posted by Larry Hoover on March 24, 2009, at 5:24:27
I, too, harbor much animosity towards all things viral in nature.
Bacteria are much more civil (generally) as they can be killed.
Both are mutable though.
I love my nieces and nephews with all of my heart and they do love me too. They are already asking when I'm coming back. I've set a rule though that I can not go visit them again until I have completed the course of antibiotics required from the previous visit.
Therefore, it will be at least two weeks before I go.
They are the best (illness wise) in the summer when the oldest is not in school. Chlorinated pools are also a bonus.
Seldom.
Posted by seldomseen on March 24, 2009, at 9:05:00
In reply to Re: Pestilence Day 5. » seldomseen, posted by garnet71 on March 24, 2009, at 7:16:46
Visiting more often is a good idea - sort of like ripping off a band-aid - just get it over with. I think I'm strong enough to take it.
However, I'm somewhat convinced that amongst the three of them that they manage to create new illnesses by merging existing ones.
I'm convinced they carry:
mumples
Influella
Pneumopox
Rhideno virus
Dipthenteritis
Rotacksie virusJust to name a few.
Really, the CDC should get up there. ;)
Seldom.
Posted by Phillipa on March 24, 2009, at 11:04:16
In reply to Re: Pestilence Day 5. » garnet71, posted by seldomseen on March 24, 2009, at 9:05:00
To previous poster when working in nursing never even got a cold so guess you built immunity. Now I don't come in contact with kids and if do it's outside or in a store and handwashing is constant. And no sitting in restrooms. Phillipa
Posted by Dinah on March 24, 2009, at 22:00:31
In reply to Pestilence Day 5., posted by seldomseen on March 23, 2009, at 13:18:31
I hope you're feeling better. :)
I do know what you mean. My mother used to teach very young children, and she managed to catch something several times a year. You'd think eventually she'd have run out of the little critters she wasn't immune to. (Viruses, not children. She was never immune to *those* little critters.)
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