Why now?

[Carina16]

Not sure if this would go here or Sickbay, but it effects my work so I posted here.

My girlfriend, who does four nights a week at the hotel, got out of the hospital two weeks ago from a nasty bout of pnumonia. We managed to scramble around and get her shifts covered. Woke up yesterday morning not able to breath. Take her back to ER and she is admitted again with pnumonia that they said she picked up at the hospital.

Wouldn't be a problem, but there is no one to cover her shifts this time. So I am now working 16 hours, off 8, work 16, off 8, work 24 hours, off 8 and work 8 again.

To top this off, I went to the doc today and found out that I have an upper respiratory infection which is causing my asthma to flair up. At what point do I get to just curl up and hide?

[Sapphire Silk]

Oh, man that sucks. It's one of those situations where ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Which in this case may include putting your health before GF's job. Take care of yourself, before YOU end up in the hospital!

[RealUnimportant]

Unless you run the place, get management to arrange for some cover. If you run the place, call a temp agency! You need to take care of yourself & if you're already sick those hours will end up making you much worse. I had a whole month off at the start of this year due to flu & pneumonia, it's no fun!

[emax4]

I hope you guys feel better soon (so you can go out and buy me a gift for wishing you a speedy recovery, haha). Seriously, hope you two feel better. I wonder what everyone would think if you showed up at work with those surgeon masks on and worked while wearing those.

[Seshat]

Honestly, that's not a bad idea given the circumstances. They'd reduce the risk of them spreading infection.