... or just suffer for years then eventually have your your life fall apart, because you've only got five sick days a year and you already used four of those ta

... or just suffer for years then eventually have your your life fall apart, because you've only got five sick days a year and you already used four of those taking care of sick kids who had to stay home from school, and it's only May. You could take your annual ten days of vacation, but you'll have trouble scheduling it as two full weeks in a row, and also that's not nearly enough to make much difference even if you could.