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Bobbie 
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 Posted: 26 June 2009 at 10:58am |
One of my friends on FB just reported that her son has it (in Chc) and that he had a fever of 42 but they managed to get it down to 39 by the time he got to the ED. So because it was no longer over 40 he wasn't considered an emergency and they were told the waiting time was 5-6 hours!! 
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ElfsMum
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 11:20am |
that is !@#$@# shocking...OMG:(
melnel- that's a hard one.. I'm not sure.. it sounds pretty unlikely that you would have it?
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 11:21am |
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jeepers if they did that to me you should see what would happen!:( (the hospital)
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 1:03pm |
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Thats crazy Bobbie!!! I think I might have gone a wee nutso on them if they told me that.
The chances of Jake or I having the virus are slim, but I would feel pretty stink if I was carrying it and got another bubba sick.
Might ring the surgery back and see what they suggest. I dont want to put my life on hold for a very big may be, but on the flip side I would be pretty peeved if one of the other mums rocked knowing they have potentially been exposed.
Total bummer, I was really looking forward to those two classes.
Sorry for the threadjack KA, hope you and Ethan are still symptom free!
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 1:06pm |
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I should actually clarify that he's about 5 so not a baby baby but still...
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 3:28pm |
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melnel-yeah we are he's had a bit of a runny nose but nothing else...
in terms of exposure ..I'm sure he's probably been exposed at lollipops on sunday or one of his three coffee groups or anywhere else he's been..it's very quickly spreading and while I obviously don't want him getting it I imagine he's been around it unknowingly already:( still annoying me how much the media are making of it like it's a deathly plague:(!
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 5:10pm |
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I work in a Pharmacy, and some time this week I contracted the flu. Incubation period before showing symptoms is anywhere between 2-4 days. Last night I was feeling a little under the weather, and got a fever overnight. Sore throat, aches and pains, and this morning I vomited quite violently and have been in bed all day.(TMI). I rang the doctors and they saw me at the back of their clinic to test me, which hopefully I will have the results for tomorrow. I wonder if you can get it twice?
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 5:36pm |
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holstarr hugs.. :( that is awful
I assume it's like normal flu ..once you have it once you are immune to it but can get different strains I guess?
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 5:50pm |
Yeah you won't get that flu twice but there are loads of different strains around, so if you have swine flu you could still get one of the normal flu's or if it's normal flu you could still get swine flu or one of the other normal flu's that go around. That's how some people have the flu jab and still get the flu because they catch a different strain, the jab is made for what they expect to be the most common one but doesn't cover all of them.
Hope you feel better soon.
Melnel I would see how you feel on Monday, you would probably have symptoms by then if you were going to get it, or miss Monday but still plan to do the Wednesday one.
Is hard with any of these things as you don't know you are contagious until it is too late. Like Spencer picked something up we think probably on Sunday but didn't show any signs of illness until yesterday so we still went to two coffee groups, swimming, the supermarket, the doctors and so on, then you feel stink cos of all the people you have exposed it too, but what are you gonna do, never go out just in case 
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Posted: 26 June 2009 at 8:55pm |
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Yeah, thats kinda what I am thinking. I cant lock myself away just in case.
The chances are pretty slim, if Jake or I have any flu-ish symptoms on Monday morning I will stay home.
Holstarr, you poor thing. Hope you fill better very soon.
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Posted: 29 June 2009 at 11:48am |
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i wonder if i should ring to see if the child did have swine flu? though if he was going to be exposed he already would be wouldn't he?
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