Doxycycline gives a full recovery in 87 percent of early cases. If you have waited three weeks to take the antibiotic, you have reduced the chance that it will work for you, but there is still a good chance that it will work, so don't delay any longer. Taking an antibiotic does not make you resistant to it.
Under FMLA, an employee can take time off to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition. The U.S. Department of Labor defines immediate family member (for FMLA purposes) as a son, daughter, spouse, or parent. Domestic partners are not spouses or relatives under the FMLA.
The FMLA and CFRA both require covered employers to provide time off for personal illness, to attend to the illness of a family member and in connection with the birth or adoption of a child. 1  Though this sounds simple, FMLA leave act and CFRA issues are among the most litigated of all employment law cases and can result in large liabilities.