Weekly update/ New years schedule

I am a day late on this, the phones were so nutty yesterday that I couldn't get to the blog.

We will be closed for New Years on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday all day.
We will be back to our normal hours on Thursday January 2nd.

This week we are still seeing lots of tummy stuff.
Many of the patients and families have vomiting/ diarrhea and mild fever.
This is lasting only for several days.
If the diarrhea is lasting longer than that even with the simple diet, we might send the stool to the lab to be cultured.
Indeed this week one of our patients tested positive for Salmonella.
Most patients recover fully from that, but it is a nasty journey.
We are seeing lots of colds/ coughs and congestion as well as some Strep throat.

We have had patients traveling all over the place these past couple of weeks and alas, quite a few have gotten sick. Quite a few of our patients has tested positive for Influenza Type A while away.

There seem to be multiple strains of the flu out there.
The vaccine this year is clearly not a perfect fit, but it does protect against the H1N1/ swine flu strain that is making the news.
So far the folks who have gotten the flu have been very low energy, feverish,achy, congested and have had some stomach issues ( typical)


I wish everyone a Happy and Healthy new year.

~Nurse Judy