Guest guest Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Hi Marcia, One of my pet peeves is people coming to work or to public places sick! Very insensitive. I am just glad you did go to the hospital when you did. In a message dated 10/25/2004 7:05:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, newlife_oct_2002@... writes: > Hi from the UK > > I was really upset that I caught the flu. This was the first time I ever > caught the flu in my life. There was a lady at work who insisted on bringing > the flu with her to work every day. She did a job that only she could do, so > she felt it was better to come in sick then not come in at all. I was one > of many who caught the flu from her, but it affected to the point of > hospitalization. > > They told me if I didn't come into the hospital when I did...I would have > had a heart attack or stroke. That scared me because I didn't feel that sick. > It was hard to breath, but I didn't know it was due to my lungs being full > of fluid. When they took x-rays of my lungs, the doctors said they never seen > anything like it before. The x-rays looked like a kaleidescope. I was > coughing up blood that morning, which scared me to the point of going into the > hospital in the first place. Thank God I had a caring friend with me to insist > I go there immediately or things could have turned out worse. I then had to > go on dialysis right away. > > Marcia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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