<p>Has anyone's S or D had mono in high school or college and it affected their schoolwork? How did you handle it? How did the school handle it? How did S or D handle it? Did high school teachers simply "forgive" the assignments? Mono can be quite debillitating, to say the least. How did S or D catch up or keep up with assignments, esp in science classes (actually, in all classes)?</p>
<p>Well this isn't what you want to hear but my D had mono spring semester in junior year- I didn't know it was mono- she didn't really call me much( ever actually- she mostly emailed- can't hear that they sound horrible when they email)
and it wasn't diagnosed properly at her school( she told me it was the flu- it was only after it went on and on that they diagnosed it as mono)- being sick combined with being depressed because her cat died and a tough academic schedule combined to failing her toughest required class ( Organic chem)
she took a year off to take it over & now she is back as a senior-
She kept assuring me everything was fine- and I didn't have any reason to doubt her. However I would have insisted that she take the semester off as soon as I knew about it.
In high school- I think things can be made up at a community college or in summer school- but it really depends on amount of work and how sick they are. The first thing I would do, would be to get a tutor as soon as they are well enough to start.</p>
<p>I was lucky enough to have it in the summer, but I would have been able to deal with it even had it been during a semester. I was really sick (high fever, inabilily to swallow saliva, little sleep due to pain) for about 4 or 5 days, but as after that I was pretty much back to normal. </p>
<p>Of course, mono is different for everyone, so there's no way to know in advance how bad things are going to be.</p>
<p>You might want to check this recent thread about mono.<br>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=122801&highlight=mono%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=122801&highlight=mono</a></p>
<p>My S was a freshman last year and had a severe case of mono. He was 7+ hours from home and was reporting that he wasn't getting out of bed to go eat. I called the Dean of Students (fortunately S goes to a small liberal arts college) and appealed to her as a Mom to run over to his dorm and look at him. She did that called me right back and told me to come take him home. This was the week before Thanksgiving. He ended up in the hospital as his spleen was so enlarged it self ruptured. His college was wonderful plus my S is a good student. He went back for 3 days took 3 finals and dropped his multivariable calculus class. His grades were good but probably would have been better if he was healthy. The school offered to let him make up the work in multivariable and take the final after winter break (he had a very good grade and they thought he would want to continue) but we wanted no pressure on him during break as he was still so weak. Actually, they offered to postpone all finals till after winter break but S wanted to get them over with and move on with his college life. He returned to school in January. No contact sports for 6 months plus lots of rest and he finished up Freshman year fine. I need to add that this year he loves his college where his mono tainted his view of college Freshman year and he wasn't that thrilled with his college.</p>
<p>I had it and i missed half of year 11 (i think that translates as junior year). In Australia it is up to the school if they will pass you for the year or make you repeat, my school passed me. Mono became CFS and although i tried my best to continue year 12 i ended up leaving school and working on other pathways to university that were more flexible so i could work when i felt better and sleep when sick. </p>
<p>I found it too tough to get all my work done as it took all my energy to just get to school and stay awake. Of course my situation was far more extreme than most peoples. I just wanted to say that there may be the possibility of pathways into university or even home schooling if school does get to tough (hopefully it wont). Good luck with it!</p>
<p>Over30, thanks for the link. It is helping tremendously.</p>