184 out sick at DD school!

[FINFAN]

Well, just got the call, I guess there are 185 now. We finally get some snow for them to play in and everyone is sick! I should've known by the low # of kids at the bus stop this morning. Another 50 kids and 25% of the enrollment will be out!

 

[Snow White]

Wow, that's a bunch, I bet they cancel school tomorrow if that's the case!

 

[BWVDenise]

I heard a similar story on the local news last night so I was wondering if you are in the same area or if this is something that is affecting many. What are the symptoms?

 

[grinningghost]

I'm wondering too. DD was out sick yesterday with a nasty stomach bug - vomiting, ugh. She felt better today and went to school.

 

[FINFAN]

We are in the west suburbs of Chicago....sore throats, nasty cold symptoms that hit out of nowhere....some kids are spiking high fevers of 103 or higher..but some no fever at all. DD has 101 right now, some have stomach flu symptoms...others do not. Just all around horrible aches and pains. So far DD does not feel like the stomach part is an issue...which is good because she can't afford to lose ANY weight! I have her hair braided and the beach towels surrounding the floor just in case tho! I sure hope you all don't get this your way.

 

[ead79]

Poor things! I hope your DD and the rest of the kids feel much better soon!

 

[Colleen A.]

Something similiar to this happened when my youngest DD was in first grade 2 years ago. Some siblings had a stomache bug and came into school (one of them were in my DD class and I was the class mom). Within 48 hours, over 100 children were home sick, all with the same thing. The classes that these children were in were down to only about 7 kids!! My DD also caught the bug and brought it home! Not a fun week!

 

[RitaZ.]

Pam, I hope no one else gets it in your family and that your DD feels better soon.

I don't even want to think about being sick!

 

[bumcat]

There was one school here a couple of weeks ago that had 700-800 out. It was something similar to the norwalk virus.

 

[phins_jazy]

3 schools in our area are closed due to the sickness too. Glad DD is too little for school yet.

 

[Kitty 34]

We had an area school close yesterday due to sickness. We don't have too many out (yet) at our school. I remember years ago our school closed for 3 days 'cause of illness!