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Day 5 With The Flu

Well, I'm still suffering with the flu.  This is now my fifth day of spending at least half of the daylight in my bed and basically the remaining hours on my couch.  My husband is down in Florida visiting his Mom, sister and niece and even though I miss him when he's gone, I must say, I am comforted knowing that he doesn't have to look at me in this condition.  It is not pretty!  Today I really need to try to take a shower.  I promise you all I have showered since I've been sick, but I admit, I haven't showered much.  It seriously takes a lot of energy to do such things when suffering from this illness.  Wish me luck!

I spoke to my Mom last night.  She, too, is down in sunny Florida (at least I think they have some sun today in Naples).
Anyway, the funny thing is my Mom told me to I have to be careful about my cats.  At first I didn't know what she meant, but then I realized she was worried about my getting them sick.  I explained to her that it's not possible for humans to transmit the flu to their pets, but then I decided I better do some research to confirm my beliefs.  

It turns out I may be wrong!  I've found numerous articles online which state that humans may be able to give their dogs/cats the flu.  Whether or not the flu virus transforms itself into another strand, or another type of virus, is something that seems to be a popular topic of research with scientists at the moment. 

Either way, I now realize I must isolate from not only my husband, but my four four-legged friends who have been keeping me company, or at least, I have to be cautious not to sneeze on them or share my spoon with them (I'm kidding about that last bit...my cats don't use utensils when they eat, though I've always felt it would be ultra cute if they did)! :)





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