[homeschool mama]

My daughter (age 12) has a respiratory flu. Tomorrow will be day 7 with fever and cough. Prayers...

[Miss Marple]

This is a wicked flu. My sister teaches at a parochial school and she said that they were sending kids home in droves. Lasts about a week. Very scary to read about this, I know. I am glad I didn't read about it until my grandson was on the mend.

[Think free or die]

"My daughter (age 12) has a respiratory flu. Tomorrow will be day 7 with fever and cough. Prayers..."

Our sons were sick with the respiratory virus earlier in February. I've never seen them sick so long in their lives. Typically neither one misses any school, or at most, one day. This time they were down with fever for 5 days (7 year old) and 7 days (9 year old). Absentee rates were running from 25-40%, depending on the school and classroom. Except for the high fever (103) on the second day of the illness, they weren't all that sick; it just hung on, and on, and on. I'm glad I didn't hear about the fatalities before they got well; scary.