I woke up last Monday with the sniffles and figured that I was getting a cold...
It was, after all, just after my first weekend at Miami, there was lots of new people, and places, and.....
Rule Number One (when dealing with Swine Flu): Don't Make Excuses!!! (just go the the doctor and get a check up)
Tuesday was a different story. I woke up freezing.. I wore sweatpants a sweatshirt to class (it was 86 degrees outside) and I came back from class and slept from 2 in the afternoon until the next morning.
One of my upperclassmen friends convinced me to go to the health center even though I told her I was completely fine..... a few hours later I was leaving the student health center with a mask on. I was told I had to go home.
I was so scared that I was going to fall behind on classes. I had heard horror stories of kids who had gotten sick and fell very far behind on their schooling because they had to go home and missed so much class.
However, my professors and other administrative members at Miami were very understanding and helped me out as much as possible. My professors told me they would accept late work, and when I finally returned they gave me the notes that I missed.
Here's another secret.... the swine flu isn't that big of a deal! (it's exactly like the regular flu)
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