Originally Posted by kathytheshopper

Or that's what we think anyway. He had a virus the end of July-fever, sore throat, cough, fatigue, bodyaches, headache, etc... It started on a Monday morning and it lasted about 4-5 days but his ears started hurting so he went to the doctor the following Monday and had ear infections in both ears. The doctor at the time said it sounds like it was influenza and H1N1 was the only one going around. Now he's in college in California and the school has been fighting H1N1 for a few weeks now. It's a small, private college and everyone is around everyone all the time. Profs have been sick as well as tons of students. I think at this time over half have either had it or have it as I write this. There are about 350-400 students. Friday afternoon he called me and told me he thinks he's getting sick. Later that night he had 101.7 fever and was just exhausted. So he took Advil and slept a ton. He's still not feeling well today but he said it isn't that bad. He said he actually felt worse with the July illness. He went to the Halloween dance Saturday night-along with tons of other sick kids! Heck, they're all exposed anyway, especially from the kids that work in the cafeteria. So I wonder what's going on-did he have the swine flu in July and it is just different enough on the West coast that he has it again? Very perplexing. His dad is a pharmacologist and also thought his July illness was influenza. But what he has now has to be because kids have tested positive with the actual H1N1 test. Very strange. I hope he gets better quickly especially since he's so far away. I'm in Iowa.