Comments on: The One Where I Go All “Public Service” (or: a plea during flu season to the world) http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/ Moira McCarthy, JDRF volunteer & outreach speaker, shares her experience & advice on the highs & lows of raising a child with Type 1 diabetes Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Joanne Nieves http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1697 Joanne Nieves Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:41:52 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1697 Quite powerful Moira! Thank you

]]> By: Moira http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1683 Moira Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:52:32 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1683 Thank you and — welcome!~ Be sure to read all the happy positive ones about how my daughter is doing now!!

]]> By: Sheila http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1682 Sheila Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:45:05 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1682 I’m a newcomer to your blog and I just have to tell you how much I love it. Your articles are so insightful and heartfelt. We hit our one-year anniversary of my 4-year old son’s diagnosis tomorrow, so it’s been an introspective week for me. Your writing has given me so much to think about and also look forward to as he continues to grow and thrive. This article really made me stop and think about being extra vigilant with all the crazy germs floating out there this season. Thanks for the needed reminder! Anyway, I am looking forward to following your writing. I am so happy to have found it!

]]> By: Lora http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1675 Lora Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:53:49 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1675 I wish I had been more thoughtful and kept the kids more secluded and away from the pool and dining areas :(

But my husband just got back from Afghanistan at thanksgiving and we had been planning Disney for months, I just selfishly couldn’t stand the idea of the whole vacation being a complete bust and I made the choice to take the kids out when we had no business being out, spreading germs.

I appreciate the insight this post gave me though and I know I will make better choices next time (hopefully there isn’t a next time!) such a situation arises!

]]> By: Moira http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1673 Moira Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:23:36 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1673 :-) how could you NOT do Disney? That timing is just so unfair ….. thanks for being such a thoughtful person though. I like you!

]]> By: Moira http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1672 Moira Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:22:35 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1672 Oh there are many — on line and on Facebook! I am aon a deadline for my real job but later today I’ll send you some intros and links!

]]> By: Heather http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1671 Heather Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:20:50 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1671 LOL yeah, she had lots of boyfriends at that time!

And btw, my husband is a diabetic (some docs label him a type 1, others say type 2, so maybe he’s a 1.5?) So I can totally understand what you parents go through, but its different. He’s 300lbs, 6’3″, so it’s hard for me to ‘make’ him drink something when he goes low. I have to get very creative :) Is there a support group for spouses of diabetics? I can sure can swap some stories…

]]> By: Lora http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1670 Lora Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:10:18 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1670 I have to admit this post horrified me.

But only because…I’m guilty.

I am also a nurse and normally I am very aware of things like this. I always keep my kids home from school a full 24 hours after a fever is gone etc. and I cannot even imagine taking my child to a dance recital puking!

And yet this Christmas break we were supposed to be at Disney, and we were in Florida tickets in hand when three members of our family came down with the flu!! We left Disney knowing the kids couldn’t handle all the walking etc being sick, but our plane home was not for five days so we got a hotel room near the beach.

And I took my daughter to the pool, even though she had been sick. And we went out to breakfast one morning. I was trying to hard to just save some fragment of the “fun” we were supposed to have and my disappointment clouded my judgement.

Looking at what you have said I am absolutely horrified that I could be so reckless and careless, and I apologize from the bottom of my heart.

And I promise to do better next time! Thank you for reminding those of us who don’t struggle with chronic health issues!

]]> By: Moira http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1669 Moira Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:04:24 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1669 Heather are you SURE your four year old didn’t contract it out running the streets making out with strangers??? Ha ha. I would bet it happened where you said it did. Glad she’s okay — and people just think the world is going to end if they stay home for a day or two. Yikes — this needs to change,

]]> By: Heather http://www.despitediabetes.com/the-one-where-i-go-all-public-service-or-a-plea-during-flu-season-to-the-world/#comment-1668 Heather Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:02:17 +0000 http://despitediabetes.com/?p=909#comment-1668 I totally agree with everything you’ve said. My healthy daughter got mono and a week later had to have her gallbladder removed – when she was 4! We had been at a convention the week before. While I don’t know for sure that’s where she got it, I’m pretty convinced that was it. She started with the mono symptoms a few days later, then bam, got admitted to the Children’s Hospital 1 week later. I’m sure someone knew they were sick but ‘just couldn’t miss the convention’ for it. Thanks a lot! 3 hospital stays, a staph infection, a body organ removed, and $1000 out of pocket is what it cost us. While I’m relieved that it was nothing seriously life-threatening, and she has no life long illness from it, it could have been prevented if people had just stayed home when sick.

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