Mandy,
I so feel for you. My parents household is suffering as well. If what you have is anything like what they have I truely feel for you. I hope you feel better very soon. Forget about sewing for now. Just grab your quilt books and work on picking out your next project. That way if you fall asleep you are not accidentally drawing blood and waking up in a very harsh way . Get well wishes sent your way Rachel.
P.s. In my house while I was growing up we called it Hi-hornica-snap-of the blow hole :shock: (for a head cold). And a Humda-gut (for a belly-ache). I have no idea why. :

Mandy,
My daughter was sick about a month ago with a really bad cough. The cough just wouldn't go away. Then we thought she had pink eye. Got her in to the eye doctor who said she had an eye infection. He gave her meds for the eye infection and antibiotics for the cough because he said it was most likely that she had some kind of respitory infection that traveled through the sinuses and the mucous membranes to her eyes. I remember that happening to one of my kids before. Sorry everyone is sick, and sorry about RJ's uncle.
Frances

Get well, Mandy and family--my deepest sympathy on your loss. Some of the flu symptoms going around this year remind me of the flu that was around about 1979 or so. I remember so MANY people getting pink eye as a result of that flu.

Boy Mandy when it rains it pours! I hope everybody gets well quickly and my sympathy to your family.
Karen

Well, the Glunks continue for us here. My dh went to the doctor this morning and was diagnosed with an eye infection - the doctor did not say pink eye but that is what it looks like. He just said it was contagious - of course by this afternoon my left eye is blood red and runny So now the only healthy one is my oldest dd, who was horribly sick last week (she did this to us lol )

Then on top of all that we recieved word that my dh's great uncle has passed away today - he was 91. It has been expected as he has been ill for several months now, so it was no suprise, but now we have to figure out what to do about the funeral. With all of us sick... but he and Aunt Mary are so special... I am so torn I know at least RJ will go if not all of us, and the girls are going to make cards for Aunt Mary.

On top of all this I CAN"T SEW!!! I tried hand quilting some today but the stitches just swim in front of my eyes I guess a fever will do that to ya. Thanks for letting me vent all...

Mandy

We call ours "bunkus of the kunkus"! Or if I am just down "the bah humbugs".

Dear Miss Ann!! My 9 year old is deathly allergic to eggs!! How old were you when they discovered it?

Love that name gunk itis so much more elegant and esoteric than the crud. As we travel north we seem to get away from it until next fall. Read all the info about the flu shot having missed the major viruses or whatever causes the stuff we get makes me glad I am allergic to eggs and cannot have the flu shot or pneumonia or shingles shot because they are all grown on eggs. at least I have no false expectations about being immune to anything.

Hope all the sufferers of these awful diseases feel better soon. Spring is on the way and the sun is a great cure for most of that stuff.

Ann --sometimes glad what I put up with isn't of the contagious nature and as difficult as it is I know what I am dealing with.

FW, Your names for the flu are so extremely descriptive that I think they've made me a little pico caido just reading them!!
Karen

DH calls colds tricelitis. I've never typed the word and it doesn't look right. Sounds like trickle itis. Gloria very glad to be well and enjoying the early summer like weather

Around my home...it is called...'raw bones, juicy eyes, and the float ups'...for the flu.
Any other illness is known as 'feeling punk'.

FW

Around here we use the Spanish term "pico caido" which translates roughly to fallen peak, referring to the top red thing on a rooster's head...... don't worry; it doesn't make good sense to me, either. Anyhow we use it to refer to when someone is just feeling all out of sorts, whether child or adult, and can be physically or sometimes emotionally. It's not a dangerous malady and can usually be remedied by extra loving up (hugs, kisses, being tucked under a special quilt) and special treats.
Mary in MI, where spring is glorious

In our family everything unexplainable is African Sleeping Sickness. (Yes there is a real disease by this name but I know nothing about it).

We also call it "the crud"! Hope you all get better soon! WandaM in Shiner TX