EeyoresButterfly wrote:This will not be a popular opinion, but a child who had such a dangerously high fever the previous day should not be in the parks. Their body needs time to recover. Even with a wheelchair being in the parks can be very exhausting. Plus, most illnesses that require antibiotics are still contagious within the first 24 hours of treatment, which means that you risk spreading your child's illness to other guests. As Susi and Bru have pointed out before, many of our guests do not have healthy immune systems, and it's hard enough for htem to avoid illness when standing in line with perfectly healthy guests. Not to mention the number of MAW kids we have, many of whom also have compromised immune systems due to their illnesses and treatments.
If you have a child that sick, the best thing to do is stay in the hotel the next day and give the antibiotics a chance to work. Your child will feel much better after a rest and treatment meaning you will probably be able to get back into full swing quicker the following day, and you will not be exposing the other guests to your child's illness as by then they should no longer be contagious.
*Standing Ovation* Thank you Butterfly! You said it much better than I did!
Mayo, if you were the kid in question yeah you didn't have any say in the matter. But I just have to say there's no way you can know you weren't still contagious. As many times as I have gotten sick during WDW trips and missed out on my last days fun and all someone HAS to be bringing their kids into the parks sick! I'm sure if Susi were here she'd back me up on this.
What always worries me is kids on Wish trips. I worry about them getting sick from Sgs bringin in kids that have no business being out in public.
Many Wish kids have even more frail immune systems than I do (and mine is pathetic lemme clue ya) esp. if they've been on Chemo, and I see these kids in the parks sounding like they're hacking up a lung and obviously not enjoying themselves because they're too sick but the parents drag them along anyway- and that is SG behavior on the parent's part, plain and simple.
I think I know who I got sick from our last trip- we were in a monorail car with a baby that looked very ill- she was about two, she wasn't even holding her head up and was obviously very uncomfortable. Her grandmother was holding her and telling the grandfather "I told you we should have stayed at the room to begin with this child is burning up." By the time we got off the monorail, I feared I was doomed.
A day later, that was it for me. I didn't realize how sick I was getting- all I can say is that the two days after we got home, I don't even remember, the fever was so high.
If I could just once enjoy a whole trip without getting sick, that would mean the world to me and my family :( People with good immune systems don't know how good they've got it.
