BF2S Forums My son has swine flu

smuder201 wrote:

OK I found out earlier today that my 2 year old son has been diagnosed with swine flu, scary stuff, even more worrisome is that I have a 10 day old baby daughter at home as well. So they have put my son on antivirals(tamiflu) & we have to take our daughters temp every 2 hours if it goes above 38 we have to phone for an ambulance & she has to go to intensive care, as soon i heard this i was shitting bricks tbh, now my son is as strong as an ox bless him, he eats healthy, drinks plenty of water but my daughter was premature & still now only just tips the 6lb mark.

So my question is has anyone here come in contact with Swine flu because i am interested to know how the sufferer is being dealt with because tbh the NHS here in the UK where I am don't seem to give a toss, now I understand that as health professionals they deal with this all day everyday so have become a little detached but seriously when i was told my daughter would have to go to hospital it was like the nurse was ordering a Big Mac.

But the kicker here is that my son caught it off my sister who is a year 1 teacher at a local primary school. She is now signed off work with confirmed swine flu. Should the entire populous be given the antivirals as a precaution its a 10 day course instead of 5 day if you actually have H1N1 & why the fuck aren't Mexico being held responsible for there lack of action in containing the original outbreak, they should at least have to help towards the cost of antivirals.

Also how would you face your sister know that she could hospitalise your new born kid?

mafia996630 wrote:

sorry to hear that mate. Hope they get better soon.

stryyker wrote:

To be perfectly honest, Don't worry about it.

I have been tracking it via CDC update emails.

This thing is S.A.R.S with a 1% less survival rate

Last edited by RAIMIUS (2009-07-14 21:50:27)

stryyker wrote:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

stryyker wrote:

To be perfectly honest, Don't worry about it.

I have been tracking it via CDC update emails.

This thing is S.A.R.S with a 1% less survival rate

So you have a 2% chance of dying?

Exactly.

smuder201 wrote:

stryyker wrote:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

So you have a 2% chance of dying?

Exactly.

A 1 in 50 chance of your kid dying is not good odds in my book, I know your were stating fact but like i said as a parent that don't sound good, if my newborn gets it there is no proper way to treat it is a hit & miss way of watering down the adult drug & administering it via a drip there are no set dosages for kids, my 2 year old is on the full adult dose & we have to break open the capsules & sprinkle it on to honey for my boy to take it so far has made him violently sick after the second dose now he seems OK & like i said he is his usual self.

I'm not having a go here Stryyker I really am not but no parent likes to be told that there is a chance albeit small that his kid/s could die.

smuder201 wrote:

Also a question here to you guys. Should Mexico be held responsible for this outbreak & have to pay damages to the families who have lost people to the H1N1 virus seeing as they did the sum total of fuck all to contain it?. Or should they help towards the cost of anti virals?

Ilocano wrote:

Ummm, no.  Should we blame the UK for Mad Cow disease?

Last edited by smuder201 (2009-07-15 17:35:00)