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flea - Dec 20, 2014 2:25:31 am PST #13089 of 30000

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Question of the morning - does mr. flea have the flu, or not? He was shivering so hard in bed (in long johns, under a down comforter) at 2am that he woke me up. He has body aches now. Thermometer says 99.5, so not a high fever. He think it's more likely to be food poisoning. Food poisoning symptom lists do not generally include body aches and shivering.

If it's flu, I should probably stay home from work (if I'm going, I need to leave the house in half an hour) and manhandle him to urgent care to see if he's eligible for Tamiflu. And we'll need to cancel our visit to the zoo with a 2 year old tonight. If it's bad tummy, he could be fine by noon.

I think it's flu. He's the only person in our family who didn't get a flu shot. I have 4 coworkers who were out all week with flu.

Help! I wish I had an adult to talk to, besides the sick guy.

msbelle - Dec 20, 2014 2:30:51 am PST #13090 of 30000

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If he is not throwing up it is not food poisoning. Stay home.

Calli - Dec 20, 2014 4:16:47 am PST #13091 of 30000

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

If he is not throwing up it is not food poisoning.

Or expelling partly used food from the other end . But yeah, I'd stay home.

flea - Dec 20, 2014 4:33:05 am PST #13092 of 30000

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I am home, and trying to persuade him to go to urgent care and get tested, and Tamiflu'd if necessary. He still thinks it is not flu.

brenda m - Dec 20, 2014 4:43:56 am PST #13093 of 30000

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Aw, Kitty. I hope Harvey heals up fast.

And Mr. flea of course. Go to the damn doctor already.

Sheryl - Dec 20, 2014 4:45:29 am PST #13094 of 30000

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Health ~ma to all!

Theodosia - Dec 20, 2014 4:58:27 am PST #13095 of 30000

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Tell Mr. Flea that we vote for the doctor.

Theodosia - Dec 20, 2014 4:58:34 am PST #13096 of 30000

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Ginger - Dec 20, 2014 5:27:39 am PST #13097 of 30000

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

If he doesn't have stomach cramps and isn't spending most of his time in the bathroom, it's not food poisoning. I wish I had realized this was the flu early enough to get Tamiflu. Let me be a coughing and wheezing example.

I called the infusion center and confirmed that they don't want me there with the flu. I am better today. I'm going back to bed for a while, and then I'll decide if I need to head to urgent care.

§ ita § - Dec 20, 2014 5:42:01 am PST #13098 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yay, GInger!

I agree with the doctor for Mr. Flea.

Despite a lot of pain yesterday, I have found two positions that don't aggravate it, so I'm only fighting insomnia, not pain, when I try and sleep.

Don't know if I can maintain that position on multiple airplanes, but the idea that the pain can not only surge but recede is new. I guess the epidural is late in coming through.

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