Saturday, October 3, 2009
A Quandary
So- according to new information the CDC has released the swine flu seems to be a super big deal for those who are pregnant. Apparently 100 pregnant women have been hospitalized and 28 of that group have died. That is almost a 30% death rate. Neil came home with this cheery news and informed me I was quarantined, at least until I get the swine flu vaccine. And it seems Texas is bursting out of its seams with swine flu. But, alas, I have realized I am not good at being home bound, and it has only been 2 days. I'm not too worried about the store and places like that. I have hand sanitizer and even a small Lysol can I carry in my purse. Heck I'm not even opposed to wearing a mask. And I have taken on Monk like tendencies when it comes to opening doors, shaking hands, and maintaining proper personal space. My number one concern is church. I work with the four year olds and Grace is in nursery and I can tell you there is always a sick kid around. And the little kiddos always want to hold your hand or sit on your lap or sneeze on your face. I'm not even going to get into the germ factory of toys in the nursery- my brain may explode. I asked the relief society if they would inform the general population of the church if someone was sick but they said no unless it gets to be an epidemic. To me this does not make sense. Why wait for everyone to be sick before informing the healthy pregnant people who do not wish to fall victim to swine flu? I don't want people's names I just want to know if I need to stay at home. Someone also suggested a no hand shaking policy and was shot down. So what do I do? Just stay home- for the last three months of my pregnancy and then the 8 weeks after the baby is born? I may go mad. Word on the street is that a girl at our church has it but they are waiting for the lab results to confirm. Of course this girl has a lot of brothers and sisters so I'm just waiting for it to start spreading like wildfire. A church north of us has already had to cancel meetings because of an outbreak. According to my research a person is contagious at least 24 hours before they even feel sick- plus we all know that people who have to earn a living or have a responsibility at church will just come to work/church despite being sick. Ugh. As I can only control my own actions I am afraid I am doomed to solitude for the next little while :( What does everyone else think? Am I being crazy? The pharmacies are already out of children's tamiflu in Houston. The CDC shipped expired tamiflu here saying that it may not be as potent as unexpired medicine but it is better then nothing. I would just feel bad leaving my team teacher in the lurch. But I would also feel bad if I ended up in the hospital- or in the morgue- as well. hmmm what to do, what to do?
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6 comments:
I would stay home if I were you... but I am crazy when it comes to this stuff. My policy is always "better safe then sorry".
Wow, sounds like a very serious, very real problem, especially for you being pregnant! Yikes! I don't know what you should do. I hope it doesn't visit our house either! Be safe!
Church has been canceled in Utah multiple times because of outbreaks in stakes/wards. I was swabbed but my results were negative, and for some reason I just don't feel that worried about it. My kid is in kindergarten, my other kid is in nursery, and we're bound to get it at some point. But I'm crazy with the hand sanitizer as well...so, I guess I'm not staying home or keeping my kids home, even if maybe I should, because I'm lazy. I hope I don't die.
can i have your non-maternity clothes if you don't pull through?
I wouldn't be worried either if I wasn't pregnant
Jill rude and no
Hey I forgot to tell you what my mom did to stain the front door. All she did was sand it down, without taking it off it's hinges and then stained it with this plain ol' mahogany stain-and then voila...pretty easy...Hope you guys are good!
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