H1N1 has just hit my house...

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My 12-yr-old came home from school the other day with a glazed look in her eyes. I asked her if she felt ok, and she said that she had had a headache all day, but the school nurse wouldn't let her call me. I was pretty angry until I felt her forehead. I ran and got the thermometer. When I looked at the reading and it said 103.6, I became absolutely LIVID. This nurse let my daughter sit there in her classes all day like that. Hopefully, that was as high as her fever went. If my daughter had had a seizure because of some woman's stupidity.....well, let's just say that she wouldn't be too happy once I got finished with her. Anyway, I immediately gave her some Tylenol and stuck her in a cool bath. I called her doctor and was told that she would stay at the office if I could get there at about 7ish. We drive up there to be told that my daughter has the swine flu. She had been complaining of a sore throat and a little coughing for a couple of days, but I thought it was her allergies. We just got another cutting of hay, and it always bothers her. Anyway, I am now scared to death that my younger 3 will get it. They are 9, 20 months, and 6 months. I know for a fact that if the two babies got it, they would be in the hospital, and I'm terrified that they would not survive. I think my 9 year old might be ok, because he is strong and healthy. I would be ok. But the three babies have gone with my parents to stay with my grandmother. I will stay here and take care of my Harlie. But I am scared. I won't lie and say that I'm not. I tell her that there's nothing to be scared of, but I just don't know what I would do with any of them gone. Do you want to know the worst part of this whole thing? The schools have totally kept us parents in the dark. My mom works for one of the high schools, and they told her today not to worry about trying to get the make-up work together for the sick kids because there were too many. She said that over at the other high school across the county, they were going to shut down if one more kid got sick. Both of our high schools are missing about half of their students, and they haven't bothered to tell any of us parents. Don't we have a right to know if our children are in danger? What are we supposed to do? I'm thinking of calling in the news channels. I am doing every thing I can to keep my daughter here with me. That could have been prevented if they had only said something when the first child got sick. What should I do? Will my daughter be ok? Will all of our kids in this community be ok?