Just caught up with the thread. Ladies, I am so sorry.
Digi, I am sad with you, and I hope the bean is still holding on. I am only round the corner, and although having your mum around would be the best possible thing, I can come over to bring shopping, chicken soup or to entertain A with Diego while you have a lie down if required. Honestly, just ask. I am working tomorrow, but free Thursday and Friday. It'd be lovely to meet up again anyway.
Starlight, social workers give me the hibbijibbies. Apart from being stupid, thoughtless, rude and quite ignorant about you and your family, could they do anything to you or de DCs? Of course, they could try and speed up your boiler being fixed, which would be helpful, but sadly defeat their general purpose in life, which seems to be to annoy the fuck out of people and ignore the really serious and life threatening cases.
Ninja, you were lucky to have such a wonderful grannie. I adore mine, and the thought of losing her really scares me. Here's to her long and fruitful life. And I hope things improve with the (d)H.
Foxy, it may well be that your incubation of the flu is too far for Tamiflu to have any effect, because all it does is to reduce the number of days that the symptoms are present, but only if taken within the first few days of incubation. I'm no specialist by any means, but it may be worth for someone feeling better than you to check, as you may save yourself the side effects. At any rate, hugs and wet compresses in your forehead. Hope you are feeling better soon.
And Debs, healing vibes to your boiler too!