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Swine Flu…
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Posted by msabicer
Last night, the hospital was on high alert. Working on the infectious disease unit I saw this coming, but the fever pitch of the SWINE FLU epidemic hit us hard. For the last week the ER has been packed with literally hundreds of people worried about the flu. Then yesterday it happened, a young patient came to our hospital with a “highly probable” case of swine flu.
The hospital spared no precaution, and the nurses had to be suited up with the same level of protection we use for surgical sterility- bonnets, goggles, respirator masks, gowns, and booties. We’ve had epidemics come through before, and the infectious disease unit always takes the brunt of it. I’m sure that in the coming weeks we’ll be quarantined from the rest of the hospital .
It seems only natural then that overnight I had a creeping sore throat and today I have raging cold. But I’m sure that’s just what it is, a cold. Never the less, I can’t help but think that flu symptoms are mostly respiratory.
images from Lisa Solomon, and amazing artist working with doily art…
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