janeh1960

Thank you, that’s a very good idea. I was ill for 6 weeks & it damaged my lungs & sinuses so I’m still on inhalers, steroid nasal sprays & tablets. I’m also 60 next week so I really really don’t want to catch it again. My sister in law thought she had a cold/water infection for 5 days till she developed severe D&V & was rushed to hospital, eventually moved to pneumonia etc. Also lost my 84 yr old stepdad to Covid in April. Covid has hit my family hard, so to say I’m nervous about returning to Pre school is an understatement!

Just wondered how strict your settings are being about excluding children with any signs of illness. I’m getting asked by parents what should they do from September if their child seems to have ‘just a cold’, runny nose, sore throat etc but not really so ill that they would normally keep them at home. My gut instinct is to say nobody is to attend if unwell at all but not sure if that’s being too restrictive as obviously colds & viruses are usually rife over the next two terms and a lot of children would have to be off a lot. I suppose my concern is also heightened as I had Covid quite badly in March, which started with symptoms of sinusitis before developing the more usual symptoms of Covid - cough, temperature etc after a few days. Drs told me at the time they’d seen a lot of cases present as ‘sinusitis’ initially. My sister in law also had it & spent a week in hospital, her main symptoms were stomach related for first week. What are other people telling parents re this? Many thanks