LANDING NEXT WEEK BUT DAUGHTER IS SICK! PLEASE ADVISE!!!!

[mujahko]

Dear All,

We have a big problem, just now our youngest daughter was confined in the hospital with Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis, she's 2 years old. We are scheduled to land on next week. If we think she can managed to travel and we intend to bring the medicines prescribed by the doctor for 6 months, is there any problem with that? Or should we not take the medicines and purchased those once we successfully land in Canada?

We are planning also not to take our daughter with us and will fetch her later but the problem is our visa will expire on 4th May 2011.
What should we do, our excitement was all gone...We need your advise please!

Thank you!

[iii]

Dear All,

We have a big problem, just now our youngest daughter was confined in the hospital with Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis, she's 2 years old. We are scheduled to land on next week. If we think she can managed to travel and we intend to bring the medicines prescribed by the doctor for 6 months, is there any problem with that? Or should we not take the medicines and purchased those once we successfully land in Canada?

We are planning also not to take our daughter with us and will fetch her later but the problem is our visa will expire on 4th May 2011.
What should we do, our excitement was all gone...We need your advise please!

Thank you!

Sorry to hear about your plight at this crucial time. My suggestion is you should reschedule your landing for mid-late April to accommodate the treatment of your daughter fairly enough before you make your landing. Usually patients respond very well to TB treatment after a couple of weeks.
By the time earlier suggested, she will be fit enough to travel with you. Of course you have to take her drugs along on the trip.
Upon arrival in Canada, you will need to inform the local health authority armed with her medical report so that she can be adequately followed up until cured. I hope this was useful.

[wilson]

Dear All,

We have a big problem, just now our youngest daughter was confined in the hospital with Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis, she's 2 years old. We are scheduled to land on next week. If we think she can managed to travel and we intend to bring the medicines prescribed by the doctor for 6 months, is there any problem with that? Or should we not take the medicines and purchased those once we successfully land in Canada?

We are planning also not to take our daughter with us and will fetch her later but the problem is our visa will expire on 4th May 2011.
What should we do, our excitement was all gone...We need your advise please!

Thank you!

Hi, I too feel very sorry on hearing the sad news from you at this stage. As your daughter is confined to hospital, I suggest she may need few weeks rest before the long travel. Better you discuss with the doctor who is treating her.As you have two months time left, hopefully you can post pone your travel if possible..

Eventhough TB can be controlled with the medication you bring along with ( you should bring it for few months), it would be better to take a temporary medical insurance for her up to the period of 3 months from landing. Your Health Care in Canada will only be valid after three months from  landing. Once she get a health card, she can be taken to a Family Doctor at the area where you settle and then he will take care of the rest. The medicine for TB will be given free of charge.

[ankit_20]

I wish speedy recovery for your daughter. I would recommend changing your travel plans towards end of April because it will be too cold now for your young one. You should carry her Medicines, a 3 month medical insurance and as "iii" suggested inform the local authority after landing for proper medical follow up.

[Thommo]

Dear All,

We have a big problem, just now our youngest daughter was confined in the hospital with Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis, she's 2 years old. We are scheduled to land on next week. If we think she can managed to travel and we intend to bring the medicines prescribed by the doctor for 6 months, is there any problem with that? Or should we not take the medicines and purchased those once we successfully land in Canada?

We are planning also not to take our daughter with us and will fetch her later but the problem is our visa will expire on 4th May 2011.
What should we do, our excitement was all gone...We need your advise please!

Thank you!

Sorry to hear about your case. I would suggest that you postpone your departure till April end. By that your daughter will be much better. Carry all her medicines to Canada. Don't tell anything to VO. TB has been eradicated in the developed world. They are very particular about allowing TB patients into their countries. So try to conceal your daughter's ailment as far as possible.

[Pippin]

As a public health nurse I completely disagree with the previous poster's advice to cover up your daughter's condition.  Before your daughter travels, you will have to be given assurance that she is no longer contagious.  You will  find the public health  nurses who help you in Canada are a great resourse.   TB has not been eradicated in Canada (I think the poster was thinking of POLIO) and we deal with many TB clients to monitor their medications and progress.  As it is a disease that can be transmitted from person to person, the idea of concealing TB and traveling is unthinkable.  We have had situations where we have had to trace, test and treat plane passengers who unfortunately sat in the proximity of another traveler with active TB.  Imagine being one of those people who had to take daily antibiotics for six months or more and be subjected to skin tests and chest x-ray followups as a result?  I know you will be guided by your care providers when it is safe for your daughter to travel and I would be surprised if the Canadian authorities would not make any necessary provisions to alter your visa dates in light of this unexpected illness.  I hope your little girl is soon feeling better.  It must be so worrying.  All the best and happy landings in Canada as soon as you are ALL healthy and well.  (I expect your close family have already been tested and will require followup over the next few months.)

[ankit_20]

Great Post Pippin

[nano24482]

I second Pippin,

TB is a highly contagious disease and one of the few known conditions checked during our medical examination.
Another thing I wanna mention is the cost of treatment vis a vis your native country(i dont know) with Canada. You won't get health insurance on landing so you need to get insurance privately from Canadian insurance or from your native country and getting insurance with a pre existing condition like TB would either be very very costly or impossible.
As TB requires regular visits to the Doctor the cost of treatment will be much more in Canada.

Rest upto u.

[Thommo]

As a public health nurse I completely disagree with the previous poster's advice to cover up your daughter's condition.  Before your daughter travels, you will have to be given assurance that she is no longer contagious.  You will  find the public health  nurses who help you in Canada are a great resourse.   TB has not been eradicated in Canada (I think the poster was thinking of POLIO) and we deal with many TB clients to monitor their medications and progress.  As it is a disease that can be transmitted from person to person; the idea of concealing TB and traveling is unthinkable.  We have had situations where we have had to trace, test and treat plane passengers who unfortunately sat in the proximity of another traveler with active TB.  Imagine being one of those people who had to take daily antibiotics for six months or more and be subjected to skin tests and chest x-ray followups as a result?  I know you will be guided by your care providers when it is safe for your daughter to travel and I would be surprised if the Canadian authorities would not make any necessary provisions to alter your visa dates in light of this unexpected illness.  I hope your little girl is soon feeling better.  It must be so worrying.  All the best and happy landings in Canada as soon as you are ALL healthy and well.  (I expect your close family have already been tested and will require followup over the next few months.)

Excellent post. Mujahko, please proceed as per health professionals' advice. I suggested course of action based on whatever little information i had as a layman. God bless you!

[pittabread]

agreed with pippin

[fariza]

It is indeed a very sorry state for you and your family Mujahko.... But the harsh reality is one of the major screening reason for Medical is TB as considered to be inadmissible... Given the true medical point indicated rightly by Pippin probably as a sensible granted PR you need to excel your responsibility of making decision not to fly until its declared safe for public health... I think better focus and employ all resources to treat her so that you have both medical and public health ground to reschedule for the landing. I really hope that she won't have to face any re-medical request from the CHC to ensure admissibility. Just believe in GOD. He must have solution and will make things easier for your family

[mujahko]

Thank you guys for all your advise. The problem is we already both quit our present jobs. How about if we land and take our daughter later by april?

[pittabread]

Thank you guys for all your advise. The problem is we already both quit our present jobs. How about if we land and take our daughter later by april?

i think you can, not a bad idea..

[Baloo]

Isn't it the case that you should notify CIC, because this is a material change in your application?
It may be that your daughter is currently inadmissible to Canada for health reasons, i.e. if her condition is likely to endanger public health or public safety?
Surely this could be a major public health risk to Canadians if your daughter is contagious and infects others on the flight.

I think that you need to contact CIC and ask about this.

[mujahko]

Isn't it the case that you should notify CIC, because this is a material change in your application?
It may be that your daughter is currently inadmissible to Canada for health reasons, i.e. if her condition is likely to endanger public health or public safety?
Surely this could be a major public health risk to Canadians if your daughter is contagious and infects others on the flight.

I think that you need to contact CIC and ask about this.

we are afraid to notify the cic as i am sure they will hold all our papers, we already quit our jobs and there is no way we can wait for long time without income. we are thinking to leave her in our home country and continue with our travel without her. when she gets well we will take her immediately. but we need your advise on this.

if we land successfully without our daughter and her visa expires, what would be the consequences?

qorax where are you?