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Post by superpower on Sept 13, 2007 9:01:03 GMT -6
UH-OH! We are having an outbreak of pink eye on our football team. At least three varsity starters and a jv starter have it so far, but it is highly contagious and will likely affect a large number of our players. The school nurse, rightly so, is sending the kids home for 24 hours. We could lose several varsity starters this week to pink eye! That would be a first for me.
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Post by jhanawa on Sept 13, 2007 9:12:07 GMT -6
Too bad coach, sorry to hear that. The contagious part could be due to the tight line splits though.....  just joking....my "pink eye" is the weekly grade check, I've got some sharpies... |
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Post by fbcoach33 on Sept 13, 2007 9:14:34 GMT -6
we had that once time, they can get some drops and be fine right away I thought....also we found it was spreading because of kids using the same water bottles and touching them and also we thought the footballs. we wiped all that stuff down and it stopped spreading
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Post by coachf on Sept 13, 2007 9:23:06 GMT -6
yeah..I had it last year. The drops took it away in about 3 days. Just made sure I always had hand sanitizer with me.
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Post by coachf on Sept 13, 2007 9:23:40 GMT -6
yeah..I had it last year. The drops took it away in about 3 days. Really, felt fine after 1 day. Just needed two more to get rid of the pink. Just made sure I always had hand sanitizer with me. Crap..meant to add to the post, not quote it. |
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Post by superpower on Sept 13, 2007 10:29:24 GMT -6
Our kids are being held out of all school activities for 24 hours once it is diagnosed. The problem won't be with the ones who have already been diagnosed...it will be with the ones who are diagnosed tomorrow on game day.
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Post by olinecoach61 on Sept 13, 2007 11:23:20 GMT -6
We jus thad a nasty stomach flu go through the team. We had 22 guys miss a stretch of 3 days of practice, I got it also.
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Post by ajreaper on Sept 13, 2007 12:51:51 GMT -6
They can return 24 hours after they start the eye drops. They also need to wash all their bedding and towels at home- they can reinfect themselves if not and of course wash everything you can in the locker room.
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Post by wingman on Sept 13, 2007 12:54:42 GMT -6
Ridiculous. The eyedrops clear it up in nothing flat.
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Post by fbcoach33 on Sept 13, 2007 13:03:46 GMT -6
I would have the kids that have the eye drops give the other kids a few drops, we did that, catch it before it happens, what i remember is that it didnt hurt you if you didnt have it, we did it as a preventative thing.
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Post by coachcalande on Sept 14, 2007 6:24:15 GMT -6
Ill say that the eye gel is even better than the drops.
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just joking....my "pink eye" is the weekly grade check, I've got some sharpies...
