We've been "
quarantined" by the Department of Heath! Jack was pretty sick last week (high fever, lethargy, coughing, aching, sleeping, etc.) and home for the almost the entire week. He began to feel better and went back to school on Monday only to end up with another fever and cough on Tuesday night. Apparently
5 out of 8 kids in Jack's classroom were out this week all with flu-like symptoms. This type of large absenteeism needs to be reported to the dept. of health. So two rounds of blood work, a chest x-ray and a nasal swab later Jack is "fine" his nasal swab for the flu came back negative. However (and I am unsure of the entire process/story) due to the fact that the other swabs of the other classmates may or may not have come back positive for the flu ALL of the samples are being sent to the CDC for further analyzing -- especially for
Swine Flu! So Jack is not allowed to return to school until further notice! We are not worried about Jack having Swine Flu but part of me is a little freaked out! He's still sick but better than yesterday and his fever's down with medicine and is in no way getting worse. We just have to wait and see when they will allow him to go back to school. It could be a day, a week, or a month! I surely hope it's only a day ot two. Anyone else with experience please weigh in here!
Morgan had been sick too but is totally better. I hope both kids get well and stay well for a long, long time!
I will keep you posted!
EDITED TO ADD: Blood work shows an high white count so we're starting a round of antibioitcs...more bloodwork next week...sheesh.
EDITED AGAIN: Fever is back up to 103 :( He's hanging out on the sofa watching tv...
Oh, Angela, that's kind of scary! I hope Jack is feeling better soon, and that all the kids' test results come back negative for swine flu and that Jack is able to return to school soon. What a freaky thing!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!! Jack hasn't had a fever yet today, so hopefully this is the end of whatever was causing this illness! Still no word from the dept. of health so no school on Monday for Jack (which is okay because I am not sure I'd send him just yet anyway). I'll keep you posted! Thanks for thinking of us!
ReplyDeleteHad a friend whose cousin got the swine flu--the incubation period for the whole family was two weeks, and everyone else is fine. So. . . I hope Jack doing better and that this thing clears itself up quickly!
ReplyDeleteI hope all is well. I just read and realized that Jack wasn't feeling so hot! I will be thinking of you guys and praying for better days.
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