So the first case of the swine flu has been confirmed in the county we live...Lake County, IL. A six year old girl has been tested and confirmed.
"Tests by the Illinois Department of Public Health found people who likely fell ill from the new flu virus in suburbs and city neighborhoods, including five in Chicago, one in DuPage County, two in Kane County and one in Lake County, ranging in age from 6 to 57."
It's incredibly strange to me that something we were probably exposed to everyday growing up on a farm is creating such havoc! Cameron and I were talking about it last night. A year ago this situation would never have freaked me out or even had me giving it a second thought, but now I'm a parent and I understand that need to protect your child from anything...therefore it freaks me out just a bit. Not so much for Cameron or I but for the little man. No worries, I'm not going to go all crazy and make us all wear surgical masks but it definitely has me paying attention much more to the news than I would have last year at this time. So hopefully they get this situation under control soon so I don't have to worry about it anymore!
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Never fear - those pink porkers from the farm have nothing to do with this so-called "swine" flu. No cases of this flu strain have been found in pigs. :)
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