Sick in Disney

Does anyone have any suggestions are how to avoid getting sick at Disney? Every time we come we end up with a bad respiratory illness. I don’t think it helps I am a severe asthmatic and I suspect a few of my kids don’t have the best lungs either.

I am constantly seeing parents dose their kids with Tylenol and dragging obviously very ill kids through the park. I can’t even begin to wrap my mind around this treatment.

We always seem to be seated next to someone whose child is coughing uncontrollably and seem to go down a day or two later. A few nights ago on our second night my youngest and I sat beside a young boy who coughed all the way back. I currently am sick with similar symptoms along with my youngest son who is throwing up to boot. I think the whole bus heard the conversation between the parents. The mom was shocked when she got on the bus with her two other kids and the husband and son were there. Evidently, her husband was supposed to take the boy back to the room, but instead he stayed until the 11PM closing and fit in a bunch of rides. The boy was crying from not feeling well and the mother seemed terribly concerned as the dad kept saying he just needed an allergy pill every time she checked his temperature and ask him what symptoms he had.

Unfortunately, I see this nearly everyday we go to the parks. I have also seen this on other vacations, but nothing as bad as Disney. I mind my business and don’t say anything, but the dread I feel knowing how likely it is I am going to catch it is terrible and makes me dread traveling. I guess I need to vent, but I also would appreciate anything that has helped other people like me. I travel everywhere with my rescue inhaler and pack my nebuliser which I end up using nearly exclusively on vacation. I almost never am bad enough to use it when I am home. My doctor feels like overall I am well controlled, and I do feel like I don’t struggle nearly as bad as I used to day to day. However, I feel like I catch EVERYTHING. I eat healthy and take vitamins. I just am at a loss and feel like unless I am locked in the house I am going to get sick.