That might have been the worst thing about her sickness, but the fatigue, fever, congestion and general yucky feeling was a close second. She initially discounted the headache and congestion as just another change-of-season cold, but it quickly became apparent this was something else. And it came at a particularly busy time on her job, which made matters even worse.
The exact nature of the illness remains unclear: Was it plain old seasonal flu or the new and scarier swine flu? When I was in for a checkup last month, my physician said authorities weren't doing tests any more in most cases. You treat both kinds of flu the same way, so why bother? My wife didn't go to the doctor because there's not much an M.D. can do for a routine case of the flu. Bed rest, plenty of liquids, fever reducers — no need for a prescription for that regimen.
I haven't come down with any symptoms yet, and I certainly hope I don't. When I was at the doctor's last month, I got a flu shot — the regular kind — so maybe I'll avoid getting sick if what my wife had was seasonal flu. If I get sick, it might mean that it was swine flu, or H1N1. But there have been some suggestions that people of a certain age — born before 1950 — might have immunity from H1N1. I fit that cohort. So it may be that, if I don't get sick, it won't prove a thing.
I hope I avoid whatever that nasty bug is and, even more, I hope my wife recovers quickly.
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You just could not stay away could you? hope she is better real soon.
ok dude, nice press release. Who did you replace? I wonder why that did not come up in the article.
Suggestion:
google blood drives wilson, nc
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cannot find a page that lists the upcoming dates/times of the blood drives here in wilson. The ad in the paper helps but papers get thrown away and in todays society we need immediate info access to blood drive dates/times online....and make it easy to google and find. Red Cross wants blood we want to give blood we need the date/time info online.
thanks and good luck in red cross job!
The press release sent to the newspaper included the name of the former manager, who resigned a few months ago to take another position. It must not have seemed important, and may be it wasn't. The web page for the Wayne-Wilson-Greene Red Cross chapter is under construction and doesn't now list blood drives. However, the blood region, which actually does the blood collections, has schedules, which you can limit to specific locations, at www.weneedblood.org. I hope to make greater use of new media to spread the word, but please give me a little while. Meanwhile, please DO donate blood. The next blood drive in Wilson is next Tuesday at Barton College, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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