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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When all got the flu in 2017.

Myself, DH and DD6, DS3 and DS20mo.

It was terrible and DH and my 3-year-Old were so sick they couldn’t get out of bed.

We called in an emergency sitter service and kept getting denied because we were sick none of the on-call sitters wanted the job.

We have no family nearby and were desperate.  We found a young college sitter via FB and just lied through our teeth to get her to come in and help.

We never told her we were sick.  I made myself look as presentable as possible.  Gave the kids new doses of meds and when she arrived asked her to entertain my 6 & 1-year-Old while we did work from home.

I went into my bedroom and totally crashed next to DH.

I missed calls and texts from her saying she was worried the kids were sick and they were running fever.  I slept for 9 hours and the poor thing just stayed and played and figured it out.

We tipped her well but she was clearly unhappy and worried she’d get sick too.

Always felt bad. She blocked my number, which was a shame because she did a great job considering the circumstances. [/quote]

I can't decide whether to totally judge you or to applaud your (questionable) ingenuity.  Sounds like such a nightmare situation and I can't figure out an alternative that would actually work.  Maybe pay out the wazoo for home health support?  I'm sure under the circumstances, you weren't in a position to come up with great options.  I also can't believe that she didn't come bust your door down since you were supposedly "working from home."  But good for her for blocking your number - she clearly wasn't going to sign up for that again.  Hope you recovered soon after![/quote]

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