Stomach Bug

14.11.09 / Family / Author: Anna
Tags: H1N1, philadelphia job, stomach bug

My children and I have just recently gotten over a stomach bug that attacked so suddenly that it left us all scratching our heads and wondering where it all came from. (and no, it wasn’t the H1N1)

It all started on Tuesday evening around 9pm. I put my 2 year old daughter to bed and was getting ready to relax and enjoy the evening. Then I heard her call out to me, “Mommy, I need to use the potty”. She is being potty trained and so anytime she tells me she has to go, I drop everything and go and take her to the potty.

I went in and got her. She used the potty and as I was taking her back to bed, without any warning at all, she throws up all over me, herself, the floor, and the couch!!!

By the time I got that her, myself, the floor, and the couch all cleaned up, she was puking again! I figured it out then, that it was going to be a long night. And it was.

My poor baby girl threw up everything she had in her and then proceeded to dry heave the rest of the night. I would have to leave the light on until she feel asleep and then I would turn it off hoping to catch a few minutes of sleep myself. That was wishful thinking.

Every time that I was about to fall asleep, she would move which would trigger her throwing up. I ended up with 3 loads of laundry from that night. We both had to change clothes about 3 times as well as blankets and sheets!

By Wednesday morning, she was back to her old self again. But we were both wore out.

So life continued as normal until Friday morning! And it started all over again, except this time, it was me that had the stomach bug. I felt horrible!

Then I get a call from my son at school telling me that he is throwing up and is sick and I need to come pick him up. I thought to myself, you have got to be kidding me!!! I didn’t want to move from the couch much less drive to the school and pick my son up.

But I did it! I wasn’t sure if I would make it or not, but I did. So now, my son and I are both home sick. by the time we got back home, it was nap time. Oh, blessed nap time. I was looking forward to this time so much.

I did get to take a nap with my daughter until I got woken up by my 13 year old daughter coming in from school telling me that she had just thrown up on the bus and she was sick.

ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! I couldn’t believe it. I felt like total crap and here my other 2 children are sick and I have a 2 year old that I have to take care of. Are moms not allowed to be sick?

What was even harder is that my husband wasn’t here to help me, he had a Philadelphia job to do and so I was all alone!

I had counted on my older kids to help me with the 2 year old so I could rest and get better, but that plan quickly flew out the window when they both came home sick.

Needless, to say, I did survive. I feel 100% better now and all of my kids are back to their usual selves!

The one blessing with the stomach bug was that it was a very quick one and we all got it at once, so we got it out of the way! But I thank God that we are done with it!