Update the school has four cases of flu, the test for H1N1 is being processed. They don’t know enough information of how long it will take to hear the results if it is H1N1. They are passing out masks today on campus. I purposely did not type the campus name for fear of it being wrong. I pray for the school, they are between a rock and a hardplace. It is up to the CDC and the federal govt for positive news.

Also History comes to Texas Again Here is the LINK TO FLU OF 1918

Dunk my baby grown over 6 feet tall is at college. He called me late last night. For our phone to ring after 10 PM it can only be one of the kids or Hubby. Dunk was trying to explain what happened, but Hubby was watching his DVR of 24 at an unGodly loud level. I couldn’t hear him.

Suddenly I heard garbled words, but it was still unclear. Finally he calmed down, 24 was on mute and I heard the words Swine Flu. Dunk is in a dorm where two cases have just been confirmed. His dorm TV gets very few stations, no new stations at all. He had heard something about it, but nothing in real detail. I walked him through what I knew, it is deadly and you cannot think it is nothing if you don’t feel well. I listened to see if he was listening to me.

What my readers may or may not know is my Great Grandfather died of the flu of 1918. The history of how bad it was, how bleak it was if you were ill is impressed on my mind. I have heard the story from my mom a million times, he was too sick, too weak the medicine did not come in time. He was one of many but he was a civil war survivor that fought for everything he owned. Dallas was hard hit by the flu of 1918.

Right now as I write this I only know what Dunk knows. There are three confirmed cases maybe four, two are in his dorm but not on the same floor. The campus website has old news, it states no confirmed cases. They say there are plans to prevent an outbreak, but no details are listed.

This last few weeks, I have been missing Dunk so much. I feel complete when all three are at home. I had bought Dunk groceries for his dorm room, he is out of the meal plan. Last time he bought too many so this time he went cheap thinking he had plenty of food. He has enough food for two weeks if he needs it. For selfish reasons I would love classes canceled, and I could go get him. I want to be able to check on him, monitor him and know he is okay or not. He may be over six feet but he is still only eighteen. After all he would watch Green Acres or The Beverly Hillbillies instead of the news any day.

I wish I knew more of the plans. It is truly frustrating the students were not informed until after 10 PM. I pray for all the students, who knows how many have already been exposed in classes and in the dorms. Dunk right now is wanting classes to be canceled, as he says, he has no idea who is infected and who else may have it.

I am looking back on this post as totally confusing, it is clear I am writing from shear emotion and fear of the unknown. I wish I could gather my thoughts to make sense of it.

What I do know is the moment I heard Mexico had an outbreak, I wanted the border closed. Being a native Texan the border even closed is not fully closed but at least the flood of infected people would stop for a bit. While this is not my political blog I refuse to change who I am, illegal immigration has cost Texans dearly before the flu. I watched BBC America news just to see if they had done any expose on the flu, lo and behold they showed the border crossing with three hour lines and nobody wearing masks. This is the problem people policing themselves cannot be trusted, remember the man with resistant TB? He flew all over the world with no care in the world for anyone else.

Today I miss my son, I will drive the three hour drive and back to bring him to safety. I pray he is well.

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