Comments on: My Animal, My Son http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/ Living and writing in rural Japan Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:38:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Mary Witzl http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-537 Mary Witzl Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:14:24 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-537 I never realized how serious a strep throat could be until I worked with a woman in Tokyo whose husband was on dialysis. He had ignored a bad case of strep throat and ended up losing both of his kidneys. <br/><br/>As for kids getting sick in the middle of the night, this was certainly our experience. We had a mosquito net rigged up in their room, covering their bunk bed, and the eldest always managed to get all her bedding, the tatami AND the mosquito net every single time. I never realized how serious a strep throat could be until I worked with a woman in Tokyo whose husband was on dialysis. He had ignored a bad case of strep throat and ended up losing both of his kidneys.

As for kids getting sick in the middle of the night, this was certainly our experience. We had a mosquito net rigged up in their room, covering their bunk bed, and the eldest always managed to get all her bedding, the tatami AND the mosquito net every single time.

]]> By: Gaijin Mama http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-522 Gaijin Mama Wed, 30 May 2007 10:11:47 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-522 It does have a certain Victorian air to it, doesn't it? It does have a certain Victorian air to it, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Liz http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-521 Liz Wed, 30 May 2007 06:51:03 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-521 I feel totally ignorant! I thought scarlet fever was a thing of the past. Thanks for the info, and I had no idea that Jim Henson died of strep throat. Yikes. All of this medical info does wonders for an already paranoid mama :)! I feel totally ignorant! I thought scarlet fever was a thing of the past. Thanks for the info, and I had no idea that Jim Henson died of strep throat. Yikes. All of this medical info does wonders for an already paranoid mama :)!

]]> By: Liesel Elliott http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-519 Liesel Elliott Mon, 28 May 2007 23:27:53 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-519 We had a bout of scarlet at our house this weekend as well, which meant a four hour visit to the emergency room to get the antibiotics. I wonder, if someone had offered animal medication 2 hours into our wait, if I would have accepted? We had a bout of scarlet at our house this weekend as well, which meant a four hour visit to the emergency room to get the antibiotics. I wonder, if someone had offered animal medication 2 hours into our wait, if I would have accepted?

]]> By: jennifergg http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-518 jennifergg Mon, 28 May 2007 15:38:28 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-518 I hate illnesses...but I'm with you, no vet meds... I hate illnesses…but I’m with you, no vet meds…

]]> By: jean http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-517 jean Mon, 28 May 2007 13:04:36 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-animal-my-son/#comment-517 Cracking up at the vet idea!! Ah, husbands... <br/><br/>Scarlet fever always makes me think of Mary in the Laura Ingalls books (it caused her to lose her sight). Cracking up at the vet idea!! Ah, husbands…

Scarlet fever always makes me think of Mary in the Laura Ingalls books (it caused her to lose her sight).

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