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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Thanks Kaz

I hope Shannon gets better soon.

Thanks, Am. She is finally doing much better. She is still coughing a bit, but feels like doing more than just going to work now. All last week, she would go to work and then come home and go right to bed. I would have to wake her up to get dinner and then she went right back to bed. I think all that sleeping was the best thing she could have done.

Originally Posted by Verencat

Aww! Go back to bed, stay there all you like, and let the Yeti pamper you!
Get well soon!

And, well, Kaz, to mix a few threads, I suggest you push Shannon to learn how to cook only after she gets better! wish her well for me!

Duly noted and done! Thanks. For the record, when she started working and decided to live at home for a while to save money for a down payment on a townhouse or condo, we made a deal that she cook one day a week. She doesn't have to pay for anything like rent or food. I thought it would be a good way for her to contribute to the household and to give her an opportunity to learn with someone (me) around to answer questions. Although, I'm told she did cook one night while I was away at the funeral, but she has yet to cook anything while I'm there.

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Tell you what -- when you're in that situation, you find out who your friends are really quick. I was at the mercy of my fellow medics; I couldn't begin to get myself out of that thing!



I wouldn't worry too much about the Fort Hood fiasco. As horrible as it was, it appears to be an isolated act committed by a lone perpetrator.

I don't know how that "local base" you mentioned is dealing with swine flu, so I can't really say anything directly. What I do know is that a large number of people, under the guidance of such towering figures of scientific literacy as Rush Limbaugh on the right and Jim Kerry on the left, have chosen to forgo the swine flu shot. Being a member of the Armed Services, and thus considered to be government property, I don't know if your son's friend had the option to forego the shot. (I would love to get the shot, but it's not available for folks like me yet. The young and the pregnant are being given first dibs.)
In my opinion, the real problem with our military is that they are overstretched, overburdened, and underfunded. It's not a good situation.

Here in Fauquier county, all the schools are offering the H1N1 flu shot/mist to the children. They haven't started the vaccination yet because the supplies are so limited. My problem with that is that Shannon was the only one in our household to receive the basic flu shot and she was the only one that got the flu. I've never had a flu shot and rarely get sick, although all those years as an elementary teacher could have built up my resistence!!

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

That is sad. So young. Too young. I feel sorry for your son's loss.

With other forms of influenza, the very young and the very old are in the highest risk group. H1N1 seems to be targeting those who are age 25 and younger. That's quite frightening.



I had a two panel cartoon on my desk at work for the longest time that showed a patriot cheering on the soldiers as they marched off to war in the first panel, and showed the same patriot cutting benefits from veteran's entitlements in the second panel. The caption read, "Support the troops ... until they need us."

We all need to make our voices heard about this. The way our government treats the troops is shameful.

Well said and very true.