PLS need HELP, I'm ill, on my way to hospital Can it be chickens?????

[Aeropennchick]

Wow it sounds like you went through an incredible ordeal last year! Getting such a bad flu in July! And to be ill again

...I'm so sorry you are going through all of this. I am very happy to read your post and know you are home. I hope your treatment works fast and you get rid of those headaches pronto!!!

 

[Aeropennchick]

I suggest pet therapy

 

[leadwolf1]

So glad that you have your diagnosis and are on your way to recovery I bet those eggs and the chicks hatching will make you forget all about those headaches!!!

 

[minpinmama]

You all have been so kind, thank you. My 8 y/o granddaughter chewed me out about not going top bed last night

I had slept so much yesterday and the night before I wanted to be up while the house was quiet. I'll head to bed here
shortly for a 3 to 4 hour nap.
July it wasn't a bad flu it was hib/eppoglottitis, it's a bacterial thing.
I have not been able to enjoy my critters due to those darn head aches, but I'm told I should start feeling
better in a few days. The symptoms last approx 2 weeks and today is over half way there.
They gave me great pain meds for the pain. Funny I went there just before shift change and the 2nd doctor didn't act like it was
big a deal as the 1st doctor did. Anyway off to get a couple or three hours nap before my granddaughter scolds me again.

 

[Sphinx]

I'm glad you're on your way to recovery. Sounds like a miserable affair.

I know I immunized all my kids for Hib, but hadn't ever talked to anyone who had it. I'm so sorry you were very ill. Hearing just how scary and life threatening Hib is makes me feel really good that I immunized my kids for it.


I hope you feel better soon.

 

[laura877]

minpin,
Did they figure out where you might have gotten meningitis? I hope its the viral and not bacteral. My daughter got bacterial when she was 5. We have no idea where she got it from as she wasn't in kindergarten yet. So glad you are on your way to recovery.

 

[they'reHISchickens]

minpin, many of us who reach this age suddenly start falling apart and have a bad year or two. Don't worry, we do recover!! Sometimes I think it's just that at age 50 the Dr.s suddenly believe us when we aren't feeling well.

 

[minpinmama]

Wow it sounds like you went through an incredible ordeal last year! Getting such a bad flu in July! And to be ill again

...I'm so sorry you are going through all of this. I am very happy to read your post and know you are home. I hope your treatment works fast and you get rid of those headaches pronto!!!

Ok since the I in hib stands for influenza does that tech make it a flu?

 

[minpinmama]

Laura 877 they gave me ideas of way I may of contracted it but none make sense. I just know whoever was in the rght place
at the right time should of stayed home, same with the person who spread hib to me in July.
They'rehischickens, I feel so old lol.
Haven't been on much today, just worn out, I get my hours of feeling better and the I dip down into miserableville.
I'm in miserableville tonight, been sleeping on and off all day, heading to bed now. I just pray my two granddaughters (3 and 8) who live with us
don't catch this. I'm unfamiliar if the shots they've gotten cover against this. Funny I'm way more worried about them than myself
after all is what a grandma does. Night all, I have lockdown tomorrow for some swedish flower hens, lemon cockoo orps, a lone silkie
and maybe some LS.

BTW is anyone out there into herbs who can suggest someone anti viral herb I can take?

 

[redhen689]

Ok since the I in hib stands for influenza does that tech make it a flu?

We used to call it H-flu back in the day, but it's not the same "flu" as the influenza that goes around during flu season. Epiglottitis is scary. You always need to be prepared to perform an emergency trach... Fortunately I've only seen a couple cases in all my years as a respiratory therapist.

Echinacea, ginger, tumeric, peppermint, astragalus, and garlic are some herbs that are supposed to have anti-viral properties.
I hope you are feeling better soon!