Ottakee Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I woke up.at 5 am this morning with a temp of 100°. Normally I run on the low side...about a degree below normal. I very very rarely run a fever....maybe once every few years. When you have a low grade temp do you go or stay home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) Unless my Church had a very distant type of socializing, I would not risk my minor bug becoming a big problem for an elderly or vulnerable person in my congregation. Edited October 8, 2017 by bolt. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) I'd stay home. (what bolt said above) Edited October 8, 2017 by Fifiruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I'd stay home. For anyone on chemo or with a compromised immune system, your bug could be a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 How do you feel? I've done both depending on how I felt and what my responsibilities were. Doctors don't factor in what temperature you usually have. I hope you just have a cold or something and not getting real sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) I am staying home. I have some body aches and a headache. My fear is always for the immune compromised, the elderly, and the very young. MIL is a kidney transplant patient on hospice with pancreatic cancer and my 2 girls have immune deficiencies, one has asthma as well. I know I have been exposed to some bugs as I have been subbing all week at a school for students with severe cognitive and physical impairments because staff was out sick. Despite gloves and our best efforts with sanitizers, etc germ exposure is just a fact of life there. Edited October 8, 2017 by Ottakee 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Stay home. Your body is fighting infection. You may not be affected by it, but you could pass it along to someone who will be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Depends on how I feel. We're staying home today because I slept in and youngest is still pretty runny from our flu-ish thing we had this week anyway. He's definitely still shedding virus and it seems like a good way to spread it. I feel kind of blah, so don't mind staying home--but there was no fever. If I had a fever but felt fine, I'd go and limit contact. If a kid had a fever, I'd be less likely to go, because they're not as good at limiting contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 You are right to stay home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I stay home and watch an internet church service. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I stay home. My friends don't all follow the same thought process, socializing after church as usual (and telling me of their fevers only AFTER breathing on me for several minutes), and I've caught their illnesses more than once. If you do go, please slip in the back after service starts and slip out again without interacting with others. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwalker Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I woke up.at 5 am this morning with a temp of 100°. Normally I run on the low side...about a degree below normal. I very very rarely run a fever....maybe once every few years. When you have a low grade temp do you go or stay home? 100.4 or above, I stay home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I stay home. My friends don't all follow the same thought process, socializing after church as usual (and telling me of their fevers only AFTER breathing on me for several minutes), and I've caught their illnesses more than once. If you do go, please slip in the back after service starts and slip out again without interacting with others. This is what I mean by limiting contact. As well as avoiding touching things unnecessarily (banisters, door knobs, etc.). Kids have a hard time being that mindful for that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Absolutely, stay home. I have an immune-compromised child so we tend to be cautious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I'm glad you decided to stay home. Good decision. (For you and others!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 If you feel sick, stay home. I have run low grade fevers and felt perfectly fine and wouldn't have even known had the kids not been checking their temp, etc. Then I carry on and ramp up the elderberry for a day or two if some bug is making the rounds. But in terms of illness, doctors don't even care about a fever until it is 100.4. Mine tends to run low especially upon waking, but depending on what I'm doing during the day and how warm it is, etc it fluctuates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Oh good, I'm glad you stayed home. As someone with asthma, I get really frustrated when people who are sick and KNOW they are sick come around me. It usually turns into pneumonia. Better to think of others, stay home, rest, watch a service online, stream some music, whatever. Hope you feel better soon and whatever it is passes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stibalfamily Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 This is so hard, with a family of 4 we miss a lot more church than we would like for this reason. Someone always seems to get sick and passes it around. We stay home too as it drives me crazy when parents bring their obviously sick kids to church. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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