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Tis The Season
It's like January.
That was the word in the pediatrician's office today. I dashed there this afternoon with Sebastian who had gone from peppy and normal (for him) to feverish in record time. I was worried, because that's what we do in these parts, about swine flu. For the record, Sebastian doesn't have swine or any other sort of flu. He has a cold and the protocol for that is the usual: fluids, motrin, sleep it off.
We're familiar faces in the doctor's office these days, what with Felix having strep throat and before that I think there was something else.
The January comment came from the doctor who diagnosed the cold, saying that in the last few days she's seen 20 kids who presented the same way Sebastian did and when I mentioned our strep party, she said that's the other hot ticket and that for kid sickness things have been as rampant as they get in the dead of winter.
Figuring I might as well get my co-pay's worth, I asked why she thought this might be and her only thought was this: weather. It's been a pretty cool spring in New York City, with the exception of 3 days when the temperatures lept into the mid-90's for no good reason except to make us all aware that August is unpleasant.
Is this just a NYC thing or is everyone fending off late Spring sickness and being relieved when it isn't the infamous, headline making flu?
posted by Elise at 4:31 PM
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No, friend, it's not just an NY thing. Out here in the Midwest outback, I gave up turning off my furnace after the third try in fewer than two months. We don't dare complain (except under our breath) since, the minute the Weather Gods hear us protesting, it will be 90 degrees and swampy. Fortunately for us, H1N1 hasn't hit out here like it has in the East. Should I don a mask when I visit your fair environs at the end of the month?
6/01/2009 10:03 PM
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