Herpangina – Ever heard of it? No, me neither. If you are from Taiwan you may have heard of 腸病毒. Anyway, it appears to be a very common childhood illness in Taiwan. When I first heard about it I asked some English speakers what it was and they just said, “stomach flu” but the parents I [...]
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Herpangina
Posted in Health, Kids on June 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Burning for Business
Posted in Culture, Health on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things we miss about Seattle is the air quality. Whenever it’s sunny in Seattle, the skies are a brilliant blue. Here in Taipei we do have days like that but we do also have days when the skies aren’t so clear and you’re not quite sure if it’s clouds or not. One [...]
Eye Doctor and Dentist
Posted in Health, Kids on March 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Pediatrician told me all kids past 3 years of age should get their eyes checked. She told me this months ago of course but we didn’t go until today. Fortunately both kids got a clean bill of health. No glasses for now. Peter and I figure with their parents’ eyes so bad Lucy and Leo [...]
Privacy? Eh…
Posted in Health on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found getting lab work done interesting. A private room. No. A curtain maybe? No. How about just a quiet corner? No, not that either. When you need lab work done – at least in the hospital we’ve been going to (Zhong Shan Hospital), you walk up to the lab which is simply a room [...]
H1N1 Rears It’s Ugly Head…
Posted in Health on December 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Officially, only Sharon came down with H1N1. However, we suspect Leo probably had it and just tested negative as a fluke and Peter had it as well but tested after he was already over it. Lucy never got tested, but she never got more than the sniffles (so far anyway) so most likely she’s escaped it. [...]
Darn Flu…
Posted in Health on November 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Don’t worry, we haven’t caught anything yet. School flu prevention measures are still in effect. Here are Lucy and Leo getting their temperatures taken on a typical morning. The parent community has noticed a lack of school cohesiveness since we’re largely discouraged from congregating at school so as of this week parents are allowed to enter the [...]
Flu inconveniences still in effect
Posted in Health on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parents are still discouraged from entering the school if possible. At the entraces of many stores, all schools, and even our apartment building, are dispensers with sanitizer (usually gel or automated alcohol spray). Here’s the one in the lobby of our apartment building. News reports say that cases are trending down. Perhaps all these hygiene [...]
Concerns about H1N1 are high
Posted in Health, Kids on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Despite efforts at isolating sick people coming into the country, the H1N1 flu established itself here over the summer. The government has issued guidelines to all schools to minimize the spread of the virus. I’m not completely clear on what has been mandated and what our school may have chosen to do on its own, [...]
Healthcare billing
Posted in Health on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned last week that I took Leo to the pediatrician. It was the first time I took anyone since we received our National Health Insurance ID’s in December. Alien residents (which we are) are allowed to participate in the health care system after they have spent 4 continuous months in the country. Peter didn’t [...]
School Flu response update
Posted in Health, Kids on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thankfully, the school response was a non-response. No masks required, and definitely no problem with Peter coming back from abroad. We all went to school on Monday not quite knowing what to expect and worried that Lucy and Leo were supposed to stay home all week. Well, we got there and I asked the front [...]
