My sister in law and niece where diagnosed with h1n1 and were in the hospital last night. My wife and I had to call an ambulance for her because she said she could barely breath. The operator told us not to go there. if we didn't call the doctors said she might not be here today, she needed a respirator. She is high risk because she is pregnant.
This prompted me to get it today because I am high risk with asthma even though I've never had an outbreak and don't take daily medication, I do get the ocassional weasing syndrome in the morning however.
They are now both home from the hospital but are quarantineed for 10 days and aren't allowed to leave there house. Her fiance who has no vaccine and doesn't show any systems is quarantineed for 4 days in case they start to show. The doctor however thinks he is lucky and it looks like h1n1 has minimal effect on him. Apparently most people get hit with the swine flu 24-48 hours after contact, my family is quite lucky because my wife, myself and my son saw them all on Wedneday.
To some this will hit home hard and be scary, to most it won't. I don't wish anyone what we just went through. I do hope this virus dies off and eventually dissapears with time and doesn't become a regular occurence like the seasonal flu.
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