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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  One of the things we love about our nanny is that she is very, very active.  But, as a result she's had some sports-related injuries so it hasn't been 15 separate incidents.  At least one was several days.  "Fortunately," five of the 15 days overlapped with vacation we had already planned, so of course we didn't count our vacation week against her PTO.  She has three weeks PTO, and is in the negative already.  The truth is, if she isn't up to taking care of our child, we'd rather find a backup who is.  I do know she powers through not feeling well on some days.  She has a chronic health condition (which we didn't know about when we hired her) which means she is used to not feeling 100%, but she still shows up.  (I may be a little extra sympathetic on this point because I had a college roommate who dealt with chronic pain).  I do believe our nanny tries, and I know that we're all better off if she takes a day when she needs it, vs. powers through continually and provides sub-optimal care as a result.  Its just stressful to scramble and frustrating that I can't seem to find better emergency back-up care options.

Thanks for sharing your experiences and commiserating.  [/quote]

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