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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
A friend of mine who works at an elementary school in Burnaby said she learned that one of their students died of the flu over Christmas holidays, and another was hospitalized. The child (grade 5 I think she said) didn't have any known underlying health conditions.
A scary reminder that the flu can be really dangerous.
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That’s awful. Just awful. The flu can be a real bastard.
My son got very sick with flu in February of 2020 (like the month before the pandemic hit). He was kind of coping with it for about a week and then suddenly deteriorated really quickly. It turned out he had a secondary staph infection in his trachea, and spent about a week in the PICU at Children’s on IV antibiotics (and fluids) and this machine that gave him more oxygen. After that he spent one more full week in a regular ward before he finally got to come home. He was 9 years old.
It was really scary for the first few days. Those ICU nurses (and the IV antibiotics of course) saved his life. I will always be grateful to them.
And I never underestimate the flu—it really is no joke.