Whooping cough is a notifiable disease. If your mum does have it the dr will notify the health dept and they will get in touch with her and give her all the information she will need about the disease, she will also be able to ask them any questions she has. They may even get in touch with you seeing as she was around your kids and they are so young.
Has your mum had much contact with the kids before this afternoon? How long has she been sick for? I have heard varying info on contagious periods, from 4-5 days (from onset of cold symptoms) to up to 3 weeks, so you might be able to work out whether there is a likelihood of it being passed on. And as Willow said, the current vaccine is only 85% effective.
Be on the look out for cold symptoms first, and maybe just stay away from any really small bubbas until your mum gets her test back.
I really hope it's not WC or if it is that your family hasn't caught it
My mum spent the day with us 2 fridays ago and as far as i know she was fine. I then spoke to her on the phone this Thursday and she sounded and felt sick again. This morning she was saying she woke up at 1am and had half an hour coughing/chocking fit and she is sweating like crazy. I saw her yesterday and today. DS1 has had a very slight clear runny nose since late last week but seems ok in himself i think. The other two are fine.
I suppose we'll just have to see what the results come back as and take it from there. We're not personally in contact with any young bubbas at the moment but will be sure to keep our distance if we do happen to see any.
I hope it comes back as negative and she's just got a horrible flu. I hope everyone around me stays healthy
I've been thinking about it and i'm a little concerned about kinder now. DS1 is still ok but i can hear in him that there's a little 'something', he says he doesn't have a sore throat or anything. But once i know for sure what mum's diagnosis is, if it is whooping cough should i let the kinder know? Because there are tiny bubbas there, i think ones about 5 or 6 weeks and ones about 12 weeks. I chat to their mums when we're dopping off and picking up but nothing all that close. Still i would hate to pass anything on in any way what so ever.
If it were me, yes I would probably speak to Kinder and let them know the situation. If there are tiny bubbas that are very vulnerable, then I would want to ensure that they are safe.
You said in your first post that it was likely that your mum had it. She's had contact with your DS, and your DS now has symptoms which while could be many benign things, are also consistent with the start of WC. I think there's enough there to be at least a bit suspicious that your DS could be infected, which warrants the necessary precautions.
Let kinder know of the possibility of whooping cough, and then tell them either way once you know.
Also throw out the vaccination in the fridge it will be useless now, and for anyone else out there that has to pick up their own vaccinations, give it as soon as possible after picking it up. Home fridges generally aren't cold enough or are opened too many times to keep them in there.
I've spoken to my mum again today and she was told that clinicly with the signs she is showing the Dr can diagnose WC, she has been and had her blood test and chest x-ray and needs to wait for the results. He did say that it's actaully still not guaranteed to show up in the results anyway
We ended up having words on the phone as she takes this Dr's word as gospel with everything and tried to tell me again that he says we'll all be fine because we're immunised. Not fun
Her cough is terrible, she was on antibiotics prior to yesterdays appt and because what she has has not responded there is nothing else to give her.
I called nurse on call and expalined the situation, DS1 with his slight runny nose and kinder. She said as my mum doesn't go anywhere near kinder it should be fine, even with DS's 'symptoms' we don't know if it'll eventuate to anything. So she was implying that it wasn't necessary to say anything but i don't know that i'm comfortable with that.
My mum will call me later today if she knows anymore but in the mean time DS has kinder tomorrow morning. I'll decide what to do before the end of the day i think.
Thanks ladies, it's not the best situation to be in
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