Of course she could've taken the child to a clinic, and the doctor would've probably chatted for a couple minutes and said, 'ya, its that time of year and you haven't had a flu shot, so get some rest'.
That sounds a lot more terrible, but honestly how easy would it be to tell the difference between this infection and the flu or a virus? The grandfather seemed to think it was the flu, and if he's right that it was four days that's downright scary. I'm not sure I'd have my kids to a clinic because I would think its 'just the flu' as well.
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