But I could be getting it any day now...
I work in direct care at a boarding school with kids from all over the country, and we are having a SF scare right now. Last Sunday (May 31) all the kids returned from a one-week vacation period at home with their families. Monday night, one kid became very ill, showing all the symptoms of the swine flu (or regular flu). On Tuesday, he told a staff member that his brother (back in Mass.) was just diagnosed with the swine flu and maybe that's what he has. WTF?! If the parent knew that one of her sons had the SF, why would she send this kid back to a boarding school with other kids?

They initially sent any staff members home who were pregnant, very old, or immuno-compromised and immediately sent that student home. He left on Tuesday night and they thought everything was under control. Well, before he left, he managed to infect some of the other kids he lives with (the kids live in cottages with 10-12 other kids) and now we have sent new sick kids home each day with "flu-like symptoms." About 20 kids have gone home sick in the past week! And they are continuing to quarantine cottages and keep the kids out of school and other common areas.
I was with the initial sick kid so they have continued to put me with sick kids. They don't want to put me with healthy kids and they don't want staff that haven't been exposed to be with sick kids...
I don't really know how I feel about it. I keep telling myself that I could get this any day now. With staff calling out left and right (either falling ill or faking it because they don't want to catch it) there has been a ton of overtime and a ton of extra money for me. I have been with sick kids every day since May 31st and haven't gotten anything. I don't know if my immune system is just that good or what?!
The one thing that sucks is I had to cancel my bachelorette party this past weekend. After I heard on Tuesday, I didn't want to take any chances, since I was CONVINCED I would have it by the weekend. I didn't want to be out spreading it around the bar, or drinking so much that my immune system probably wouldn't be able to fight off whatever it is. And I have a friend with a heart condition and another friend who just had a baby...looking back, I should have just done it since I'm not sick, but I'm glad I was careful. I just hope we can reschedule now :

The kicker is we still don't know that it's the SF. We did have a confirmed case of the regular flu, but that very first kid's case has not been confirmed. Who knows...he could have been lying about his brother in the first place?
I just think it's so ironic that with all the craziness about going to Mexico, I'm more likely to get it here. When I told my mom last week she was laughing so hard she couldn't even speak. She thought it was funny that 6 weeks before I fly to Mexico to get married, I could get the swine flu at home! I'm not sure I think it's funny...but I guess it's ironic.
Keep your fingers crossed for me. Today I have been told I have to wear a mask and gloves all day. Not sure if that means it's getting worse? I only have 3 kids to look after...they have now separated the kids by "sick," "exposed to sickness," and "healthy." The healthy kids get to go to school, the exposed kids have to stay with the other exposed kids out of school, and the sick kids have to stay in bed. I'm with the 3 sick kids who will probably be sent home later today as soon as their parents can be contacted. But one lives in Florida and I'm not sure it would be so smart to put him on a plane home...
Now that I've written a book, I'm going to put my mask back on and go take their temps again.
Has anyone else been "exposed" or have this kid of thing going on near them?