Worrying about vistors/cf book on lung infection from around the world

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Holly--

Thank you for expressing these thoughts. I ask everyone to remove

there shoes and wash hands. Also I have hand santizer all over the

house. I now have bought dispensers beacause santizer is dangerous

of swallowed. I carry one in the side of my diaper bag, Along with

lysol wipes for table tops, high chairs etc. I also have lysol plus

fabric refreshner I use on cloth items. I am not sure if you read

the post about the shopping cart fear, but I picked up one of those

and it takes a lot of stress away(i never put him in a cart before i

had one of these .......

--I have alot of little ones in my family at this time. just

loves it when they visit. If anyone has anymore suggestions please

let me know. I have just purchased a technical book titled

Cystic Fibrosis Infections: Lessons From Around The World

is technical but good so far has anyone else read this book. Let

me know what you thought about it.

Crystal, mother of , 16 months, mi,cf

> Holly - that is exactly what we did. Anyone that came over, we

asked if

> they wouldn't mind washing their hands because the baby was so

susceptible

> to illness. Everyone totally understood. As far as holding, I just

> politely said no, unless it was someone that I felt VERY

comfortable with,

> and ALSO washed hands. I always carried hand sanitizer as well,

for those

> moments. We relaxed once was walking around touching

everything, which

> was about 2 years old. Up until then, we stuck to the hand

washing. All

> the doctor's say that GOOD HAND WASHING is key! Keep it up!

>

> Melinda - 2 sons wcf, 4 yrs and 5 months, and sister 26 wcf

> visitors and handwashing and worring

>

>

> I was wondering what everyone else does concerning visitors and CF

> children.

> I would like all visitors coming into our home to wash their

hands. I also

> would like anyone wanting to hold or play with my daughter to

wash their

> hands as well. Is that crazy or is that what everyone else does?

Everytime

> another child plays with her toys or touches her I think " is that

child

> sick....they don't look sick....I wish they wouldn't touch

her....what if

> they give her a cold......I will be so mad..... " and on and on. I

worry

> every time someone comes near. Is that normal? Am I paranoid? Is

it

> unnecessary to have everyone wash their hands? I am loosing my

mind

> thinking

> about bacteria and virus's...........

>

>

>

> Holly (mother of Cheyenne, 4 years w/o CF and Kennedy, 7 months

w/ CF)

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