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Showing Original Post only (View all)Got my high-dose "Old Geezer" flu shot today. [View all]
I've been putting it off because I had a nasty cold about a week ago, but I realized that I might have to fly out to California on short notice anytime.
Yesterday, my 95-year-old mother went to the emergency room from her nursing home. My father called all panicky about it and thought I needed to fly out there on the next plane. I asked what the doctors said, and he wasn't sure. My brother-in-law, however, had the information, so, well, I'm not flying out there today, and it's a good thing I didn't book a last-minute flight. Turns out she has a UTI and it's messing with her thinking, as often happens when old people with Alzheimer's get a UTI. The ER put her on IV antibiotics and she'll be back in the nursing home today.
However, I know that there will come a day when I do have to fly out on short notice. I just don't know when that day will be. I don't want to fly anywhere late in the year, because the flu spreads nationwide via air travel. So, my sore arm this afternoon is worth it. When I do have to go out there.
Better to be protected when you fly. Nothing is worse than getting on a plane and finding yourself flat on your back a week later with the flu.