<p>bookworm: our son hemorrhaged from his tonsils last semester. It was terrible. His throat was so raw and inflammed that his tonsils hemorrhaged. He was visiting the health center on a daily basis but he had to rush himself there in the evening when he found himself spitting up glasses full of blood. The doctor in the health center brought him across the street to the hospital (it’s a level 2 trauma center and directly across the street from the campus). She filled out all of the forms in the ER, talked with the triage nurse and insisted that he be seen by an ENT in addition to the standard ER doctor. We had everyone here at home on standby to watch our dog and cover for husband in case we had to hop in the car and head up to him. ENT said that it looked worse than it was because of the bleeding and continued him on a very high dose of antibiotics. It was a very rough semester for him and it took him all summer to gain back his strength. Everything was out of wack–digestive system was messed up, color was off, and he was very weak. I pray that he gets through this semester relatively healthy. Staying hydrated was very difficult for him at the time. Anything/everything hurt his throat and he had to rely on others to bring him fluids. He didn’t have direct access to liquids—no soda/juice/water machines in the dorm and too sick to make the walk to buy liquids.</p>
<pre><code> He called to tell us that a friend had to leave campus because she came down with H1N1. He’s still kind of traumatized by how sick he got last semester and now he’s worried about exposure to H1N1.
Schmoomcgoo: excellent idea about having liquids delivered to her!! You’re a good Mom 
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