‘This is madness!’ Mother trolled while boarding flight while her son has a fever of 40 degrees
A COUPLE have come under fire after taking their sick baby on a long flight.
The couple traveled from the United States to Thailand despite their son’s high fever.
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In her now viral videoTikTok user Alina (@alinamotherhpod) told her followers about the trip.
The young mother explained that her son began feeling sick “hours before” her family was due to board the overnight flight.
Her one-year-old daughter had a temperature of almost 40 degrees at the airport.
She explained that they managed to ‘turn down’ the temperature just before departure.
While the couple considered postponing their trip, they were told that their tickets, which had cost them the equivalent of £2,200, were non-refundable.
They decided to board the plane, hoping their son would “rest and recover” during the eight-hour journey.
However, Alina indicated that the “flight proved difficult” and that their son “kept waking up and crying”.
She described how she and her husband were “squeezed like lemons” as they tried to soothe their baby during the journey.
However, TikTok users had little understanding for the parents’ situation.
Many viewers pointed out how dangerous it was to take the sick child on the plane.
“Hey, this is really cool! What did you think would happen when you landed?” asked one unimpressed follower.
“My son’s health is worth more than £3,000, it’s priceless but that’s how I feel!” said another parent.
“My baby is sick, I know that. I’m getting on a plane, so if he needs urgent medical attention, there’s nothing we can do,” said a third person.
“The baby is sick, but you choose to go on vacation because you don’t want to leave your child [money] “What should we waste?” asked another TikTok user.
“Well done, my child’s life is worth more than £2,000,” wrote one mother.
Rules for boarding a flight if you are ill
Medical Repatriation UK has released its travel and illness guidance.
The CDC advises against traveling if:
- You have a cast on your leg.
- You have recently had a heart attack or stroke.
- You are traveling with a newborn baby.
- You have recently had a stomach, eye or head trauma.
- You have recently undergone surgery, especially orthopedic surgery or brain surgery.
- You are in the 36th week of your pregnancy, or the 32nd week if you are having more than one child.
- You have chest pain, a collapsed lung, sickle cell anemia, serious chronic respiratory disease, serious ear, sinus or nasal infections, or swelling of the brain caused by bleeding, injury or infection.
- You have a contagious disease that is easily transmitted, such as chickenpox, flu or Covid-19.
- You have a temperature of 37.7°C or higher.
- You have a rash, persistent diarrhoea, persistent severe cough, your skin and eyes turn yellow, you have difficulty breathing or are short of breath, you are vomiting continuously without this being due to motion sickness or you have visible symptoms of illness such as weakness and headache.
“My daughter had a fever of 40 as a baby and was in hospital for a week, so scary, I definitely wouldn’t have gotten on a plane she was so sick,” said another viewer.
“He woke up and was crying because he was in pain,” one follower noted.
“Same situation, same airport. £5,000 on flights but my children’s health is more important. Your decision,” wrote another commenter.
“40 degrees is a hospital stay! No flight to Thailand,” someone said.
“What would you have done if his fever got worse during the flight and he had a febrile seizure or something?” asked another viewer.
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