I'm writing this with Libby and David at my side. Mum made me promise to keep this thing going while she was ill. I'm only doing this for you. I went to the doctor today to try to get some Tamiflu. Our doctor's practice is normally superb but today it was chaotic. Of the five partners three are the mothers of young children and are unable (unwilling?) to come to work and one of the men has come down with flu. I couldn't get to see anyone and the woman at the desk, who seemed to be a patient herself, told me that there was no Tamiflu for the public as they were being used by key workers - who the hell are they? Mum is getting sicker by the hour. She won't let us into her room.
Graham
Love you mum
Libby
Kick ass mum
David
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My name is Anne Browning. The Flu Pandemic reached Edinburgh in early January 2008 and caused us personal devastation when it took my husband, Graham, and my daughter, Kirsty, in the first two weeks. I recovered from the infection as did my two other children, twins, Libby and David. Before the outbreak I was a Religious and Moral Education teacher who worked in an Edinburgh secondary school. I decided to go back to work as soon as soon I was fit to help provide some care and support for the children who have survived the pandemic. We are creating a different kind of education system more suited to our new reality. To date nearly 185,000 people have died in the city.
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The Dominie's Chronicle
Dominie: n. Scottish Schoolteacher (18th century)
Chronicle: v. Record in chronological order, make a historical record.
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The Dominie's Chronicle is a fictional exploration of how the education system might respond to a flu pandemic.
5 comments:
Hopefully, if 'Mum' dies the blog won't end......
(Sounds so surreal saying that!)
www.newfluwiki2.com pointed me over here. Really glad I stopped by. I've bookmarked you and will visit often. Thanks. David
Wonderful. Well, good writing, not so wonderful topic.
Really good and thought provoking though. Keep up the great work. Has to be emotionally draining though when you get attached to characters.
It's been quiet for too long. That can't be the end?
Thanks for your support. It has made a huge difference to know that I'm not going through this nightmare on my own.
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