<p>Well, my daughter(freshman at Cornell) is still running a low grade temp and sounds awful. She is conscientious about hand washing, keeping space between others etc, but she will not stay out of class. I continue to worry and feel badly that she is away when she feels sick, I have always been a soup and hug Mom.
She says that the whole dorm is sick and because she is on the ground floor, she hears the chorus of coughs before the elevator door opens! Attendance in all her classes has not dropped off either, this stinks!</p>
<p>I can’t imagine walking through a blizzard to class with the flu. That has got to suck</p>
<p>I guess having a sick child makes me wish the world were different. I am so sad that people with this flu are exposing themselves to others who can not fight it off. There is already one student that has passed away. I hope we do not see more.</p>
<p>my son was sick last week, low temp sore throat, he was told by Gannett not to go class and contact his professors etc. Everyone responded very kindly and told him to please not go to class and would work out arrangement. 2 days later he was back in class and presumably all is well. I think that under the circumstances it is a bit selfish for kids to go to class if they aren’t well and the professors have to be understanding. Your kid might not have underlying health issues but some kids might…not respecting the rules is jeopardizing other students…</p>
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<p>walking to class while it’s negative outside + wind wind wind with the flu sucks too, and that happens more often than blizzards.</p>
<p>it gets into the negatives! what?</p>
<p>i guess it’s possible when you factor in the wind chill…>.></p>
<p>Knowing the comorbidities of one person who died from H1N1 is hardly helpful. If you’re really trying to find information, you would look at general trends among a population. I think you can google that yourself and Cornell has already provided a list of people who may be at risk of developing serious symptoms to H1N1.</p>
<p>President Skorton just sent out this email.</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> University - University Statements - H1N1 influenza follow-up from President David Skorton](<a href=“H1N1 influenza follow-up from President David Skorton | University Statements | Cornell University”>H1N1 influenza follow-up from President David Skorton | University Statements | Cornell University)</p>
<p>I was one of those parents that emailed him. I wouldn’t be surprised if he also visited this site.</p>
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<p>Your daughter has temperature and is going to class? How rude, and selfish. Rule #1 from the time my kids started nursery school is to stay home until there is no fever for 24 hours. </p>
<p>The Frats/Sororities were considerate enough to have a moratorium on parties to avoid the spreading of the virus and YOUR DAUGHTER IS GOING TO CLASSES!!! I pray your daughter is in none of my son’s classes and stays far away from him.</p>
<p>I agree with you 100% and I knew these comments were coming but I wanted to share my frustration and concern as a parent. I have been saying the same thing to my daughter about attending class.This isn’t like her to think irrationally- I think she is terrified of failing and falling behind. She has heard contradictory statements from professors about making up work and loss of credit due to absenteeism.She has stayed out of the dining hall at least. According to what others have said, her symptoms are most common on campus. Again, I do not defend the decision and have told her adamantly that I thought she should even leave campus and come home until better. Again, not a defense but 3 out of 4 of her suite mates have similar conditions and continue to go to class Staff at Gannet told her that this is unlikely H1N1 but since she is run down she could contract it. Although my daughter’s temp has not exceeded 100 degrees, she has cold symptoms which are better today-she is coming home this weekend. I apologize MomOf TwoTeens to you and others.</p>
<p>I woke up this morning with a burning sore throat (like fire), congested and felt warm. I really feared I had “the flu.” I practiced what I preached to my staff by staying home today (I asked them to work from home if they were sick instead of infecting everyone at work). But as the day went by and my symptoms started to go away (I was also taking some flu medication), I actually started to feel guilty about staying home. </p>
<p>quidnet34 - glad to hear your daughter is feeling better. Get some vitamins for her to bring back with her. We use this nature remedy “Koldcare” whenever we feel start of a cold. It actually will knock the cold out before it becomes full blown or it’ll shorten a cold.</p>
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<p>i stayed home for 2 days last week when i was sick with h1n1 and i felt so guilty the second day. i didn’t feel as sick, and it’s actually really boring to be isolated, especially when you know that professors are teaching things at such a fast pace and missing even 1 or 2 day(s) of class means you falling behind.</p>
<p>Q- thank you. I know my son is also driven & would hate to miss class, but I hope with fever he would. </p>
<p>If your daughter is walking around for days and is able to go to class, my guess is she probably doesn’t have H1N1 - if she did, she’d be too sick to even want to get out of bed. Thanks for the post - I feel more at ease knowing she doesn’t have H1N1.</p>
<p>There’s a new link on Cornell’s home page from Skorton about protocol for missing classes - have your daughter read it. I hope she feels better and you enjoy having her home for the weekend.</p>
<p>Thank you both MOMmOfTwoTens and OldFort. These are just such scary times. My oldest daughter is doing her residency at a Hospital on Long Island. A NYC police officer (28 years old, no underlying condition) just died from H1N1 after 36 days in the hospital. How tragic! There are many more cases down in he NYC area,I fear the worst is ahead of us. I have never been pro-vaccine but my oldest will be getting the H1N1 vaccine shortly(mandated for health care workers) I am concerned about the side effects from this vaccine as well as her daily exposure to all sorts of illness (talk about run down-her hours are over 60 a week)
I appreciate hearing the experiences of other mothers. OldFort, I am picking up some Koldcare at my health food store before I pick up my daughter Friday. What a terrible time to be a college freshman. My daughter has only been away for a week’s time before this.</p>
<p>these posts = my face + my palm.</p>
<p>I agree with you there gomestar.</p>
<p>Am I missing something?</p>
<p>you are not the target of the face-palm.</p>