My 8 month old daughter is sick today but my wife is working out of town and all our friends and family are working today too, so I had to leave work 4 hours early. When I told my boss, he told me I need to look into another job because he's getting tired of covering for me. Granted, I've missed some work lately, like being in hospital with my heart condition twice in the last 3 months and our kids have been sick a couple times. But what the hell am I supposed to do? Daycare refuses to take sick kids (for good reason) and it's not like I've been sick with a something little like a cold. ******* *******, I think I will look for another job. Or maybe it's time to take parental leave for a couple months to decide what to do.