New case of Mononucleosis just in time for recruitment

[madoug]

Several of my favorite Executive Officers have been girls that the chapter picked up as a snap bid because they had dropped out of recruitment due to mono. I'm sure your Greek Affairs staff has been faced with these circumstances many times. Mono is very common among college students.

Having had a daughter that had mono her freshman year of HS, I found that the exhaustion can linger for up to 6 months. I would be very cautious of her over extending herself during recruitement. With advance knowledge, I would think her Rho Chi's could maximize her options so that she makes a match in formal recruitment. She may need to attend fewer than the maximum number of parties in a round to preserve her energy.

I imagine you and her have anticipated her recruitment for awhile and are anixous that this is going to effect her options. Remember that it only takes one match.

I look forward to hearing where she finds her home!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by madoug

With advance knowledge, I would think her Rho Chis could maximize her options so that she makes a match in formal recruitment. She may need to attend fewer than the maximum number of parties in a round to preserve her energy.

I sincerely hope that you're not suggesting that the Rho Chis should tell her to not attend this or that party because she'll get cut anyway or she'll hate the group...or give her "hints" that other rushees wouldn't get.

The last thing she wants to be known as is "the girl who had mono and got a break she didn't deserve."

Again, I hope I'm misreading and you don't mean anything of the kind.

[BAckbOwlsgIrl]

I went to a large greek school in the days before we were all nuts about hand sanitizer.

I had mono the summer before my RUSH followed by a type of walking pneumonia. The doc said that I was prone to this because of the mono.

By the time I hit RUSH, as we called it, I was on antibiotics for the walking pneumonia. Aside from telling my RUSH roomie, we had separate RUSH housing for early RUSH, no one really knew. I made sure that I was in bed at 9pm every night. Also, my mom had driven down with me and stayed at a hotel so she made sure that I got fed and relaxed.

The bad thing was that I did not probably socialize as much as I could have and made friends during RUSH. But, I had all of my college time to make up for that!

The good thing was that I did not hear all of the tent talk. Between seeing mom at the end of the day and getting to bed, I did not have much time.

And, no, I DID NOT TELL GREEK LIFE. I knew that I would be fine. Again, rest was the key. Worst case scenario is you tell Greek Life a week or less ahead.

I would play it by ear, getting plenty of rest and a liquids. See how things go. Plus, recruitment can be an adrenaline rush anyways.

I really think that she will okay. I hope she is.

Oh, and suck on tons of butterscotch candies for the nasty sore throat that she has. Whole Foods has some nice spray hand sanitizer that is the size of a small travel sized hair spray bottle. Burts Bees makes a similar too.

I hope she gets better soon!!! Let us know how it goes!