How Guilty Do You Feel Taking A Sick Day?

[Spixie33]

I have worked through some impossible days where I had been vomiting all night but still felt pressured to be open for business the next day. I felt too guilty calling the parents in the morning at the last minute to tell them about my night so I trucked on through instead.

It is tough because the whole business and the whole system sort of relies on US. I feel a lot of pressure to stay healthy.

My worst fear is that I would call the daycare parents and have them think that I was faking for a day off.

I used to have my own kids in daycare and I would have the provider call me in the morning just before I stepped out for the day to say that she was sick or her kids were too sick and I would accept it no issue but still I feel stressed to do that to my families. It is kinda crazy.

Sometimes I feel awful and ask myself whether I would have called in sick to my previous job in that condition and the answer is usually yes - but I still feel like I need to be open and make it through the day

If you have walking pneumonia you should probably try to rest up though You don't want pneumonia to get worse. I once had a bad case of real pneumonia and I literally saw the white light. lol I hope you feel better soon. I hope you try and take it easy this weekend at least

[Cadillac]

I've had the full-blown a few times. So I get it quickly. Problem is with pneumonia, one day isn't going to cut it. I'm fine though thank you