I completely understand. I worked the last 3 Januarys with pneumonia so I wrote 3 paid personal days into my contract so I can take a day off when I'm that sick from now on. I took one sick day a week ago Friday, but I'm still fighting with chest congestion after 2 1/2 weeks now. I'm finally almost better. I made the decision on the Thursday morning and emailed all the families that they had to make arrangements for their children for the Friday. They were all fine with it because they saw that I had already been sick for a week and they kept bringing their children every day. But within a few hours they all emailed back to me to say that they had made arrangements and they understood compeltely. Well, one Mom tried to make me feel guilty but I didn't! We have to take care of ourselves.