Husband ill- do I sleep on sofa or not?

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DH was feeling unwell yesterday and has since come home after staying away last ight visiting elderly mother. He has gone straight to bed- all symptoms of swine flu.

I am okay so far but slight sore throat.
I DO NOT WANT to be ill at Xmas and have alrady had 1 flu thing this year that knocked me out for weeks.

Question- do I sleep in lounge tonight and would it make any difference?

Normally, DH would go to spare room but it is full of junk and DD has come back from uni so loads of stuff everywhere.

Dilemma is- if I sleep on sofa I may hardly sleep ( have never slept on it before) and my own throat etc may get worse- but how likely am i to be infected if we share a bed?

Make him sleep on the sofa ?

Chances are he has spread his germs around the house anyway and you may already have it.

I did suggest that and may still work on that idea.

he was away from 8am yesterday to 6pm tonight- will is germs still be around?

do you get infected by breathing them in or touching then transferring to nose etc?

I believe that you can get flu by breathing or touching.

Personally I think I would sleep in the bed with him.

orange- you can have him shall i tell him now?!

not 100% sure but i think his germs can live on surfaces for up to 3 days (so if he's sneezed or touched anything after touching his nose).

Book him into a hotel for a few days to keep him out of the way .

Fingers crossed its just man flu which will meen you will be fine.

My DH is at work, so there's a space in my bed!

for me- or DH?

Your DH - I had this flu starting about 3 weeks ago so preusme that I am immune (bit of cough still)! But actually my DH hasn't/didn't catch it from me so it isn't a given that you will get it. Also, sometimes different flus have common bits in the so I think you can get some immunity from the flu thing you have had before.

Let husband sleep in bed and you on sofa. If he needs things (do you still have a child monitor by any chance they are great for communicating when one is ill in bed) you take it up put it in front of bedroom door and go away, he waits till you have gone and comes out and picks it up. Anything he touches you wash with warm soapy water, laundry at 90 degrees or 60 degrees with some oxy vanish. To protect yourself even better you would need some tamiflu but that is not handed out at present. I did this when we were on holiday summer 09 and staying in a tiny appartment and dh had sustpected (and after 10 days, time to sent swab to lab confirmed swine flu). Both dd (3) and I were given tamiflu profylactically and dh as treatment. Often with swine flu fever does not respond to maximum doses of paracetamol and nurofen. Good luck, you might be okay. Make sure he drinks enough!

so- it's one for the sofa, one for our bed, and one for my DH in her bed .
anyone want to cast the deciding vote?

Can't you clear enough clutter off the spare room bed to get one of you in that. I would hate to sleep on a sofa particularly if ill.

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