You were saying about the staph infections being a threat... I graduated from Lycoming college a year ago and one of the star football players this year, Rikki Lannetti, died suddenly this past SAturday evening from a staph infection and liver failure caused by the infection. Pretty scary stuff...here is the story if anyone is interested...

http://www.lycoming.edu/sports/footb...fb_6dec03b.htm

My niece came up with the flu last Sunday. She lives in Ft. Worth/Dallas area. I read on the net that you are contagious one day before the symptoms show up and
the AVERAGE maximum days is 10. They also said that young children can remain contagious longer than that!

I'm a little nervous about her coming home since she will be staying at Mother's house and she is in a very high risk category...

The staph infection's severity is part of our overuse of antibiotics. It's a super stain.

Take care everyone.
THEY say it's easier to get it than SARS. Just breathing in the same area of someone can transmit it to you.

my parents are both sick. :(

they got their flu shot back in sept, I have yet to get mine-- I think our family doctor is getting those nose sprays in on friday...

Yep, there's officially an outbreak in my area. :( A bunch of my coworkers are sick. I just started, so I can't take sick time yet, so I pretty much can't get sick... I did get the flu shot, so hopefully that will help.

To everyone who does get the flu, I hope you feel better. Get lots of rest and lots of fluids. When you do start feeling better, don't try to do too much right away or you may relapse.

I personally haven't been sick but a girl at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC had a girl die from the flu 2 days ago. The paper said she had other complications as well. I am guessing that she had some complications that the flu just made worse, like asthma.

WAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Now it's my turn. :( I've been feeling kinda sick for the past couple of weeks but I just haven't relaxed and tried to get better. Now I'm feeling really crappy.

My friend tried to cheer me up by telling me that there have been 4 reported deaths in Central Florida from the flu. greeeeat.