Uh-Oh, H1N1 Is Here
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A 52 year old woman from L'Ardoise died yesterday of the H1N1 flu. She worked at the senior facility in St. Peter's. It was said on the news that she had underlying health issues. What does that mean? She had a job and obviously was able to work.
I suspect that Kit and & I have the H1N1. It started with a ferocious headache Wednesday and by yesterday I was feeling weak. Kit woke up with the headache in the wee hours yesterday. At first I thought it was merely a rain headache but when I felt worse the next day Kit said I had the H1N1. I thought he was joking and I laughed but he said "No, I'm serious." That's when I got serious about it, too. Either that or I could have picked up one of those bugs that cruise ships are famous for spreading.
We spent a few hours Tuesday with a couple of friends who had arrived that morning on a cruise ship out of N.Y. I'll have to call Elodie and see what she knows, if anyone on the ship reported illness. How fast does H1N1 incubate? Only a day is a very short incubation and I could very well have picked it up earlier here on Cape Breton.
If this is the H1N1, it is rather mild as flus go. I've been a lot sicker in the past with the flu, sick enough that I couldn't get up unaided. I don't know how this virus escalates to the point of killing people but my own experience is that this is a particularly mild flu bug but I still don't feel all that great. I'd rather spend the day lying down.
A 52 year old woman from L'Ardoise died yesterday of the H1N1 flu. She worked at the senior facility in St. Peter's. It was said on the news that she had underlying health issues. What does that mean? She had a job and obviously was able to work.
I suspect that Kit and & I have the H1N1. It started with a ferocious headache Wednesday and by yesterday I was feeling weak. Kit woke up with the headache in the wee hours yesterday. At first I thought it was merely a rain headache but when I felt worse the next day Kit said I had the H1N1. I thought he was joking and I laughed but he said "No, I'm serious." That's when I got serious about it, too. Either that or I could have picked up one of those bugs that cruise ships are famous for spreading.
We spent a few hours Tuesday with a couple of friends who had arrived that morning on a cruise ship out of N.Y. I'll have to call Elodie and see what she knows, if anyone on the ship reported illness. How fast does H1N1 incubate? Only a day is a very short incubation and I could very well have picked it up earlier here on Cape Breton.
If this is the H1N1, it is rather mild as flus go. I've been a lot sicker in the past with the flu, sick enough that I couldn't get up unaided. I don't know how this virus escalates to the point of killing people but my own experience is that this is a particularly mild flu bug but I still don't feel all that great. I'd rather spend the day lying down.