Originally Posted by
mwalsh5757
Mark my mom as a victim of this years flu pandemic. She died of Pneumonia and Sepsis 2 days after starting to feel better from the actual flu.
Be careful with this one, particularly if you're older (or very young for that matter)!
Oh man... I am so sorry to hear that [MENTION=459252]mwalsh5757[/MENTION]
You have my deepest sympathy. So many people have passed away from the horrible flu epidemic! It starts out innocently enough:
1) You feel like you just have a cold. No biggie... You'll shake it off, you know?
2) You wake up the next morning with a 100.8 fever, chills, and you honestly, can't breathe.
2a) If left untreated, it quickly turns into pneumonia.
2b) Pneumonia turns deadly, as your lungs, alveoli, bronchial tubes get all infected.
2c) You quickly develop sepsis, as your body tries in vain to fight off the pneumonia, and sadly and tragically, you become a statistic in the news.
3) You go to the doctor and they shove that long Q-tip up your nose (almost puncturing your brain!) and it comes back positive for the flu.
4) They put you on Tamiflu and Azithromycin (Z-pack) and darn near quarantine you from everybody, and you are out of work for up to a week.