FS: See my post at #34 — my whole family just got over SOMETHING, and I’ve had a nagging feeling since hearing about this that it wasn’t the “regular” flu.
Penelopesire (and FS, LOL) —
That’s what I’m REALLY hoping and praying for at this point. But unless there is some kind of test developed to test for antibodies to this particular virus or something, I don’t think they could tell now. [Pretty sure the swab for my daughter’s “long” strep test was used and thrown out, as well as the petri dish they cultured her sample in... LOL]
After we started homeschooling 10 years ago, we’ve NEVER gotten sick like this as a family — sure the occasional colds, something my husband got from work, etc... but this hit everyone except me within a 24 hour period (by the next day I had 5 sick family members on my hands all with fevers, coughing — your regular flu symptoms). It was strange to say the least. It didn’t suprise me all that much that I remained healthy for a few days, but I just remembered that the pain meds I take for my back contain acetaminophen. Heck, I could’ve been sick for days with a low fever, and not even realized it — until the acute bronchitis infection hit me... In fact, that’s probably a more likely scenario, that my case was mild in comparison, and due to my nursing all of them and tiring myself out is the reason it turned into a bad infection in me or something...
Sorry, don’t mean to take up this thread with our personal medical history of the illness we suffered this month. It’s just rather weird, and coincidental — and actually, the thought that we may have already had this decreases my worries! :)
Prayers for your son, and for peace and comfort for you while he’s traveling. [Being a mom is a hard job when things like this happen — very stressful. I wish we could keep them all in a safe little bubble or something, but that would be impossible, and it would hurt them much worse than the chance of infection! LOL]
新型インフルエンザ侵入阻止のため、機内検疫業務の支援に当たる自衛隊の医官、看護官ら約30人が30日、成田空港での任務開始に先立ち、藤井充・空港検疫所長のあいさつを受けた。 藤井所長は「わが国では患者が確認されておらず、水際対策が政府の大きな柱。応援は非常にありがたい」などと話した。 感染者が多いメキシコ、米国、カナダからの航空便の発着は日本では成田空港が際立って多く、北米便は毎日30数便が午後1時から同5時までの間に集中して到着している。