Never understood why US blames Canadians snowbirds being sick with germs. Just puzzles me each time. I know as a fact a lot of snowbirds which im not there yet....but....if you're a snowbird that travels to the US and you're sick, trust me your insurance company will slap you fee a skyrocket amount to pay "before or after" you travel. So the following year you are scanned by them with a magnifed glass. There's about 36 million people living in Canada and 350 million in the US. So if you do the math, it's not the snowbirds. It's just plain and simple....the season to catch something as its everywhere. I dont believe in the flu shot as each time its flu shot season well that's when flu comes out. That's my 2 cents.
I don't believe that I mentioned the word "Canadian" anywhere in my reply. And, I was born in the US and raised in Canada. One parent from each country. My two brothers and I all have dual citizenship. My husband has English citizenship. Your maple leaf is showing. Relax and enjoy the music. Laugh, it's nothing personal. We have lots of different kinds snowbirds about which to make tongue in cheek remarks. I'll probably get better at it as the season goes along.Never understood why US blames Canadians snowbirds being sick with germs. Just puzzles me each time. I know as a fact a lot of snowbirds which im not there yet....but....if you're a snowbird that travels to the US and you're sick, trust me your insurance company will slap you fee a skyrocket amount to pay "before or after" you travel. So the following year you are scanned by them with a magnifed glass. There's about 36 million people living in Canada and 350 million in the US. So if you do the math, it's not the snowbirds. It's just plain and simple....the season to catch something as its everywhere. I dont believe in the flu shot as each time its flu shot season well that's when flu comes out. That's my 2 cents.
We try to stay away from Reggie if we are sick, as much as we can. Luckily theres 2 of us, which does make it easier.
But I know they can catch all sorts from us, and vice versa, so as horrible as it is to avoid him and not cuddle, that's what we do!
He has just been diagnosed with a campylobacter infection so currently trying deal with that! Much hand washing and anti-bac gel
Hope you feel better soon!
Fingers crossed, we are being very careful with hygeine.
I think Reggie had it from when we first got him too. The breeder used to feed them a mix of kibble & raw chicken, and the day before we picked him up he was ill. Her vet said it was just a tummy bug though, and he could come to us as long as we were aware of it.
He was at the vet last week and they told us it was gastroenteritis and gave him Metrobactin anti-biotics. It was only because we specifically requested a fecal test that we found out what it was.
Of course Metrobactin isn't effective against Campylobacter so he now has to have a different course of drugs
@JennieS Sorry to hear your husband was so ill with it, glad its all ok now though. Did you find out thats what she had because your husband got sick?
I tried chewing his femur and he bit back.
I talked to my boss last night and the guy who ate lunch with me monday at one of the cafeterias inside the plant we work at was out yesterday also so I guess it was the food. I know where I wont be eating anymore. Right now all I am eating is chicken noodle soup, saltine crackers, ginger ale and gatorade. I will stop and get some vitamin c on the way home from work.
