10-23-2009, 12:49 AM
About an hour ago, (around 11pm) I heard someone knocking on my door. I go down to see who it is. It's a young woman who looks like she's in tears.
I open the door and ask what's up. She says that her little boy is in the hospital and she had to come home, but she needs to call (I forget who) and doesn't have a phone.
I ask her why he's in the hospital. She says he has Swine Flu....
It turns out that her little boy is a year old and got what appeared to be a normal head cold two days ago, then today he started running a high fever.. like 105 - 106. She said that Tylenol wasn't touching it.
Basically, scared the living shit out of me.
Of course, despite my better judgment, I said she could use my cell phone (outside) if she doused her hands with Purell first. Then I wiped the phone down with Purell (twice) after she was done.
A few days ago, my son came down with a head cold. He had a bit of a fever that second day (never got above 101) and he seems to be doing better the last few days, but still has a stuffy nose and a low-grade fever with a little bit of cough.
What worries me, of course, is that it's going to drop into his lungs and turn into pneumonia.
I was feeling pretty good about how my son has been fairing with this 'cold', and now I'm all freaked out from this neighbor.
WTF?
I open the door and ask what's up. She says that her little boy is in the hospital and she had to come home, but she needs to call (I forget who) and doesn't have a phone.
I ask her why he's in the hospital. She says he has Swine Flu....
It turns out that her little boy is a year old and got what appeared to be a normal head cold two days ago, then today he started running a high fever.. like 105 - 106. She said that Tylenol wasn't touching it.
Basically, scared the living shit out of me.
Of course, despite my better judgment, I said she could use my cell phone (outside) if she doused her hands with Purell first. Then I wiped the phone down with Purell (twice) after she was done.
A few days ago, my son came down with a head cold. He had a bit of a fever that second day (never got above 101) and he seems to be doing better the last few days, but still has a stuffy nose and a low-grade fever with a little bit of cough.
What worries me, of course, is that it's going to drop into his lungs and turn into pneumonia.
I was feeling pretty good about how my son has been fairing with this 'cold', and now I'm all freaked out from this neighbor.
WTF?