Saturday, January 15, 2011
Flu and strep
Thursday at the dayschool was absolutely crazy! Korbyn and I were running a little late that morning because that was when we had our rough night, so we didn't get to work until after 8. Almost as soon as I sat down in the office a teacher brought me a kid that was running fever, so I call their parents. Then another teacher informed me that a kid had just puked in the classroom and I went to check on them and they didn't look good at all and the poor thing was still dry heaving into the trash can so I immediately go contact their parents. While I'm on the phone leaving them a message I see a teacher come running down the hall and they tell me that they just checked this kid's temperature and it read 103 under the arm (which means technically it was 104). Then not 30 minutes later I get a call from a parent whose kid had been out the past couple of days and informs me they just got out of the dr.'s office and they tested positive for the flu! My stomach immediately started turning. So I get back on the phone with the parents of the kid that was puking and told them make sure they get tested for the flu. Sure enough they call me later that afternoon and the kid has the flu! In the meantime I was making sure the teachers were disinfecting their rooms and their toys immediately and making sure everyone was washing their hands constantly. Then I sent an email to all the parents informing them that there is a case of the flu at the dayschool and just to be aware of your child because neither of these kids showed any symptoms, just all of a sudden high fever. Then a parent replied back to my email and said to add her kid to the list because they also had the flu. I felt so bad because it was already out of my hands and there was nothing we could really do to stop it, because whoever is going to get it at this point is already infected with it. Then Friday we had two cases of strep! But thankfully no more flu. It just makes me so nervous because my little baby is at the same place where all of this is going on! I almost took off the rest of the day on Thursday just to get her out of there. But I know that little babies have a better immune system right now more than ever, so I knew we just had to stick it out and she would be ok. But I've still been checking her temperature like every couple of hours just to be sure! Tis the season :(
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