worknprogress

wisedad - hope all is going well with your son. I am sure this wasn't easy being away from your son when he was ill. I won't tell you all the things I would have been worried about - just in case you didn't think of them!

Anyway, hope the course of illness was brief and mild.

wisedad

Well, he's still coughing some but back in class. Fever broke after 3-4 days. Hopefully he didn't share the virus with any of your children!

I really appreciate all the well-wishing. I was so worried all along that he would get the flu far from home but it sounds like Yale has measures in place to limit the spread and monitor and aid the ill. Still, it is very hard to know your child is sick and you can't care for him.

Thanks very much for the link to the regular flu shot clinic sign up -- I've sent him the link and asked him to please get it. I understand the H1N1 vaccine is being shipped to states now and will encourage him to get that, too, if it is available. Without a blood test to say what he had, better safe than sorry. Too bad he hates needles so much.

We were at least encouraged by the school's response to kids who got sick. It was disorienting enough to have all those national news stories about a poor grad student getting murdered in a secure building at a school we had just left him at. And that we had been so happy he would be attending.

worknprogress

Good to hear your son is bouncing back. I saw a thread on the parents cafe forum about care packages and I was thinking maybe we should all send some Lysol. A couple of weeks ago when several members of the Cornell band were sleeping in DD's common room I have to admit I was cringing (since they had a pretty bad outbreak). I resisted the urge to tell my daughter to clean all the doorknobs after they left. DH warned me about sounding a little like Howard Hughes!

Mythbuster2000

Just an update on the flu shot. A couple of weeks ago, there were signs everywhere and free flu shots were given in Commons on a walk in basis. All Yalies had the opportunity to get them then. There should be a another chance coming up soon for those who did not get it.

worknprogress

Well, I should have sent the Lysol. Just got a call from DD who has been quarantined because of swine flu. I feel so bad for her because she has been working so hard as an officer of her orchestra getting ready for family weekend. Looking back on it, she is pretty sure she was getting sick Monday, but had so much to do Mon/Tuesday she just kept thinking that is why she was so tired and achey.

I am also concerned that she has enough to drink in her room, fortunately her roommate is wonderful and will do some shopping for her.

I will keep you posted. Praying for a speedy return to health.

NEJsMom

This just came in through the Yale email system at 3pm.

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Yale University Health Services has only received delivery of half of the seasonal flu vaccine that was ordered. Therefore, the remaining seasonal flu clinics are on hold until we receive our remaining shipments.

Please check our website: Yale University Health Services for updates and changes in status.

wjb

Walgreens in New Haven is giving seasonal flu vaccines for $30 (or at least they were a few weeks ago).

MC2013

Thanks NEJsMom