Wednesday, 4. November 2009, 05:39:48
flu, blahg, illness
Student #1: ATCHOOOOO! I don't know why I'm sneezing, all day I've been sneezing I think I'm still sick. I thought I was all better.
Student #2: away
Student #3: You know, my throat is a little sore, do we have to read today? My mom says I'm not sick but you know, my little brother was throwing up this morning. But I'm fine.
Student #4: coughcoughcough.....Oh, this cough is making me angry....sorry...coughcoughcough....sorry....I don't know why I have to come here when I don't feel good....coughcoughcough....I don't really feel like reading today, do we have to read today....coughcoughcough
Student #5: away...ill
Teacher #1:
Thursday, 29. October 2009, 16:51:53
vaccines, flu, illness
I'm definitely fighting off some bug. Feel really tired and a bit achy. Chilled too. Could be hormones. Could be the dreary weather. Could be overtraining as well. Swimming is going so well and I've been running a lot too. Tonight I will do hot yoga and try to sweat out my stresses. My boss is also ill with a viral infection, not sure if it's H1N1. Listening to CBC radio this morning I learned that often it is not the flu that kills but other complications such as bacterial pneumonia. This is good news for me, because I've had the pneumococcal vaccine, and it is good for life. After my experience living through the SARS epidemic in China (that was exciting and scary) when I returned to Canada I started taking seasonal flu shots and this one time pneumonia vaccine. Since then I have only had very minor colds lasting a few days. Before that I would get a major cold or the flu every year and then as a complication, bronchitis or pneumonia. The last lung infection I had was 8 years ago, and it lasted for months. I ended up having to take asthma medication to stop the coughing and crackling in my chest. Never again.
I'm not fearful at all about getting the H1N1 vaccination. Can't get it for another week anyway. Wondering if I need it since I've already been exposed to it by at least five people. We'll see.
Saturday, 17. October 2009, 02:58:44
H1N1, flu, illness
H1N1 is hitting my province British Columbia harder than the rest of Canada. Of all the cases of flu tested, H1N1 is at a 35% rate in BC and only 5% in the rest of the country. Yikes! The officials say that we are well into the second wave of the virus here and it's spreading fast. One woman died on Sunday of the flu, and she had no underlying medical conditions. We've had a few students with the flu, and they have all stayed home for a week. Hopefully all those infected will do the same. Not sure what I would do if a student came to a lesson ill.
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Wednesday, 14. October 2009, 05:34:49
flu, illness
One of my students is away all week because he has the flu. Grrr. I knew he was ill last week, it seemed like a bad cold, lots of sniffling and sneezing. Believe me, I tried to get him to blow his nose properly but he kept wiping it with his hand.
Then I would get the hand sanitizer out, or make him go wash his hands. After he left I disinfected the table and everything else he touched. Hopefully these precautions work and my other students and I don't get sick now. One of my friends has H1N1 as well, and she caught it from one of her students. She's pretty sick and has missed a few days of work. Me, I'm paranoid because I know if I get the flu I'll end up with bronchitis. No vaccines until November. Just have to try to stay healthy one way or another now.
Parents! I implore you, if your children are ill please please keep them at home.
WIDGETIZE