Wellllllll two weeks ago, in came a daycare kid.... No fever, just a clear runny nose and non specific cough. Well we live in Mississippi, where currently the pollen count is half a billion. No biggie. This kid and sister were scheduled for Monday, Monday night and Tuesday. He was fine all day Monday, and......kaboom woke up barking like a mastiff tuesday morning. Yay, I think. CROUP. I contacted the mom, gave meds, etc. fast forward to Wednesday, my 15 month old dkg showed up, same symptoms,,less the barking. Clear snot everywhere. My son and daughter both woke. Up with it. So fast forward into last week, dkb #1 who started all this and his sister are still sick. Long story short, every single kid including my personal two had to get treated for secondary respiratory bacterial and ear infections. So now I've traded out all the OTC meds for the ending of a round of antibiotics and oral steroids for seven children. Ugggggggg.... Lol... And to top it off, because I have lung disease my doc is making me take antibiotics too!! Darn it all . The only one tested I guess because of age was the 15 month old dkg and she was positive for RSV.
Point of the story, if I refused care for a child with the sniffles I wouldn't ever have a child to watch. But once a year, we have this scenario. Despite all the disinfecting, hand washing, etc.
Lets hope this week goes a little better .
Point of the story, if I refused care for a child with the sniffles I wouldn't ever have a child to watch. But once a year, we have this scenario. Despite all the disinfecting, hand washing, etc.
Lets hope this week goes a little better .
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