February 7th
Tuesday
Little Hearts Daycare
12:30 PM
Andrew is cleaning up some scattered toys and placing them into the plastic toy chest, all while the children were having their afternoon playtime. They just finished with a lesson in Basic Math.
“Rather messy with all these toys, but that’s how most youngsters are like.” said the wolf boy.
He watched as the students had a wonderful time, except for one kiddo who just stared at a pile of toy blocks. It was David. The boy’s face was pale, and his own body was shaking. This was alarming!
Hey little buddy, are you okay? You look pale.” said Andrew as he knelt next to him.
The tiger cub looked below his eyesight, whining quietly to himself as his body continued to shake. Miss Maddie looked over from her desk to see what was happening.
“I don’t feel so goo- ” said David as he suddenly spewed onto the wolf boy’s smock, staining it with vomit. The wolf boy was caught off guard, since he wasn’t expecting to be puked on today.
“Oh goodness, David!” said Andrew as he ran off to get a medical thermometer from the emergency medical kit in the room. The teacher got it off the wall and handed it to him before grabbing a nearby bucket. Eloise was panicked and concerned to see that her friend had become sick, hoping that he’d be okay.
“My tummy hurts....” said the tiger cub.
The wolf boy returned and opened the medical kit, grabbing the digital thermometer while Miss Maddie placed the bucket close to the tiger cub.
“Okay David, open your mouth for a moment.” said the wolf boy.
David opened his mouth and allowed for Andrew to place the medical device inside of his mouth, right under the boy’s tongue. Miss Maddie was very concerned for the tiger cub since he seemed fine this morning.
After twelve seconds, the thermometer beeped twice before showing that the cub’s body temperature: It was at 101.5 degrees!
“Oh no... you are terribly sick sweetie!” said Miss Maddie.
“From this reading, it seems like David might have the flu!” said Andrew as he took the thermometer out and cleaned it using a disinfectant wipe from the kit. “Did anyone else display Flu symptoms?”
“Not that I’ve seen, I’m going to check after I call up his parents. Take David to the Medical Office, Nurse Zina can help you further. Don’t forget the bucket.” The teacher replied.
“Right away! Come on David, you’re going to be okay!” said the wolf boy as he escorted the tiger cub while carrying the empty bucket with him. Miss Madelina rushed to her desk and dialed Jerald’s work phone number using the desk phone. It was a good that both classrooms had emergency medical kits, since anything can happen when class was in session.
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Rorkesburg Technical Support
12:33 PM
Jerald was fixing up a broken coffee machine when his office phone began to ring while displaying the caller’s name on a small screen. He stopped and looked at the name on the screen.
“Ah, Little Hearts Daycare!” He spoke while grabbing the phone. “Ciao, Rorkesburg Technical Support. How may I help you?”
“Hello Mister Lavinzo, your son got sick during afternoon playtime and may have come down with the Flu. Are you available to pick him up?” said Miss Madeline.
“The Flu? Non buono... I’ll come pick him up! We’ve got prescribed medicine at home for cases like this.” said Jerald as he ended the call.
He put his tools into his suitcase, grabbed his coat, and left the unfinished coffee machine on his desk. Troy entered the room before Jerald was planning to meet with him.
“Hello Jerald, is everything alright?” His boss asked.
“My son got sick while at daycare, and I need to pick him up.” He replied.
“I understand, I’ll let you clock out early. I’ll get someone to cover for you, and I hope your son has a good recovery.” said Troy.
“Grazie, Signore Troy! Your kindness is appreciated!” Jerald replied.
Jerald rushed out of the building and headed to his car, driving off to the daycare facility to pick up his son. He was glad that his boss let him clock out early, otherwise he’d be late.
He made sure to call his wife before entering the daycare facility, telling her what had transpired. Marian was surprised and told her husband that she’d prepare the flu medicine before they got home.
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Little Hearts Daycare
Medical Office
12:45 PM
Andrew was sitting by David as he was being examined by Nurse Zina: a twenty-nine-year-old female golden retriever. She was originally from Brooklyn before moving to Rorkesburg years ago. The nurse just finished doing another reading of his temperature.
“Poor baby... your temperature is up by point zero two. Which puts you 101.7 degrees Fahrenheit. You’ll need lots of rest, honey.” said Zina.
“It’s a shame this happened to him today.” said Andrew.
“The Flu is not pleasant, and younger children are more susceptible to it.” said Zina as she watched David lie down on the cot he was placed upon. The boy already threw up a few more times before.
“I hope Miss Maddie finds the source, because the other kids might get sick as well.” said the wolf boy as he placed an ice pack on David’s head.
“She’ll find out, Madeline always does her best to track down any sick students.” Zina replied.
Jerald walked through the door into the Medical Office; Nurse Zina walked over to him to look him over before nodding to herself. Wanting to make sure that this was his father. “Welcome to the Medical Office, we have your son resting here.”
Andrew waved to the man and pointed to the medical cot where David was laying, along with his backpack and diaper bag.
“Thank you, Andrew. You’re a good young man.” said the father as he approached his son.
“David came in with a high body temperature of 101.5 originally, now it’s up by .02 degrees.” said Zina.
“The information is appreciated; we’ve got medicine for him waiting at home.” replied Jerald.
“I’ll let Miss Maddie know that David has been retrieved now, I hope your son has a good recovery.” The nurse said.
Jerald nodded as he grabbed the backpack and diaper bag, picking up his son afterwards. The tiger cub was happy to see his father, and it helped improve his current mood.
While David was being taken home by his father, Miss Maddie had been doing some investigating. She discovered that one of the students in her classroom also had Flu symptoms, and they were near the tiger cub.
She told Miss Stephanie about everything she discovered, imploring that she should also check her own students as well. Just in case any of them have Flu symptoms.
“I’ll take a look after afternoon playtime is over, after all... the last thing we need is a Flu Outbreak happening at this daycare.” said the teacher.
“Agreed, but we should probably close the school for a few days after this.” said Madelina.
“Not a bad precaution, and a few days won’t hurt. It’ll allow for the janitorial team to sanitize the building.” Miss Steph replied.
“Better safe than sorry as they say, I just hope David has a good recovery.” said Miss Maddie.
“I understand your concern, because little kids can easily get sick due to their immune system not being as strong. For now... we must be watchful of our students.” said Stephanie.
Inside of the Custodian Room, Andrew was waiting for his smock to be done cleaning in the laundry machine. He made sure to use detergent and stain remover before turning it on. The young man didn’t have a replacement smock. While this happened, one other daycare worker walked in and noticed him: He was a 26-year-old meerkat. They laughed at him.
“Looks like Little Lavinzo used you for target practice, how about that?!” He asked while laughing.
“Shut Up! Want to be puked on next?” asked the wolf boy.
“Ewww... no way!” The meerkat said.
“I thought so...” Andrew replied.
The young man wasn’t up for joking around, especially since his little buddy was sick and his recovery is the top concern. If he got the Flu as well, that’d be alright since David didn’t know he was sick until it happened.
Miss Maddie walked into the Custodian Room to update Andrew about the Flu situation, telling him what she told Miss Stephanie. It was important that he knew about it, just in case he himself might have it.
“Well... that certainly answers how David caught it. I’m already concerned about his recovery.” said Andrew.
“That is appreciated, dear. I’m sure he’ll recover after a few days of resting. I’m also planning to close the school for a few days. The janitorial team will sanitize the entire building.” The teacher said.
A quiet groan came from the meerkat, since he was a fellow janitor along with many others. While he didn’t mind cleaning one area, having to do the entire building was tiring to him.
The young wolf boy understood how it can be annoying, but it comes with the job of being a janitor. If there were no other ones to help keep everything clean, then all the filth and dust would accumulate overtime. Making things much worse.
“At least you didn’t get you puked on, that’s even worse I think.” said the young wolf boy to the other worker.
“I know it’ll be long, but we can’t have the rest of our students falling sick to a potential Flu Outbreak.” said Miss Maddie.
“Yeah, I know... but I’m going to be doing it anyways.” The meerkat worker said.
Three hours after the school day ended, Miss Madelina had Jerine call all the parents to Inform them that Little Hearts Daycare will be closed for a few days to prevent a potential flu outbreak, and for the janitorial staff to properly sanitize the whole building.
Marian was the first to be called about it, and she informed her husband about the important decision that was made. Jerald was pleased, because he believed that it was a good decision to make. After all, David was going to need some time to recover from the Flu.
All the other parents didn’t mind if the daycare had to be closed for a few days, it allowed their kids to have a few days off to do whatever they wanted.
