Dear Waves,

I know that you have concern for your mother as well as your father.

But I have concern for you as well.
From what I remember and from what I found through a search, it makes sense for you to wash hands often and to clean the surfaces (door knobs, . . . ).

Standard rules about good health apply. Get sleep. Drink water.
See #9 for people who care for children (closest I can find).
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases...fluqanda.htm#9
Garlic works.

CDC info on caring for someone with H1N1 in your home:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/homecare/


The most important thing (sorry to sound bossy) for your mom is for you to remember that you are in in a city close to hospitals and major medical facilities. She is going to be ok. She will get better soon. She is sick but she is safe and has access to drs. I had read that people in their 50s and older have some immunity to the H1N1 because of the flu strains that went around the world when they were younger.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...efer=australia
I can hope for her that she will have a mild case.


I saw someone on another board in the US who got the H1N1 and developed Pneumonia. She tried to tough it out at home before checking in with her mdoc. She was even resistant to the first antibiotic they gave her. And because she was bipolar she refused the steroids. Probably she could have worked better with her pdoc and taken a temporary psych med along with the steroids.
My point is that you probably got the warning already from her mdoc about coming back if she gets worse / and or it moves to the lungs.


In the US, -- in general -- people who got very sick with this were children -- not grown ups. Her age can help her.


Mari