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Prayers for your daughter’s friend. Thanks for sharing your info. There are more cases going on than we know.

There are more cases going on than we know.

This is true, but to be intellectually honest we must state that this means far more people have been exposed to and recovered from this illness than we know. Much like Schrodinger's Cat, we can make absolutely no assumptions about any flu-like illness prior to the popularity of H1N1.

Thank you for the prayers. The girl who is sick is such a sweetheart — I only hope it’s “just a cold”.

I keep having this nagging feeling that the flu my family suffered from the 2nd week of April might have been more than the “regular flu”. Especially after reading that list of symptoms. The one child we did bring in to the doctor developed a sore throat, hoarseness, etc... They did a strep test, but didn’t do any kind of flu swab. [I did note that since we told the doctor our whole family was sick he apologized, but didn’t shake our hands to introduce himself! LOL We were told there was a “late-season flu” going around.] One strange thing — I didn’t get the “flu” like my family did — instead about 5 days later I got hit with a VERY nasty Bronchial infection. We’ll probably never know for sure if it was “regular” flu or not, but this really hits home. Nursing 4 kids and a husband who are in bed for 4-5 days is NOT fun, and it’s downright scary... [PRAISE GOD — everyone except for me is back to 100%, and I only have lingering “irritation” from my infection].

We’ll be talking to our friends outside Chicago who visited us a few days before my family got sick to see if they came down with anything after our visit...

I just told my daughters tonight that for the next week or so (now that there are confirmed cases here in WI) I didn’t want them going to the mall, or the library etc... and they are all ticked at me now (TOO BAD, SO SAD!!! LOL). I say better safe than sorry and it’s not like they NEED to go to the mall! I told them they were lucky — their other friend in Texas (not the one who is sick) isn’t even allowed to go OUTSIDE at this point, so they should count their blessings!

All in all, I’d rather overreact and feel stupid later, than not take what precautions I can to protect myself and family and feel those “If Only’s” later...

BTW (probably should put this in a separate post, but):

My eldest daughter and hubby went to the DMV here today (Central Wisconsin) — there is a sign when you walk in next toa stack of blue surgical masks stating that ANYONE coughing needs to wear a mask. Don’t know if that’s ‘new’ or not...