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I answer my cell "Hello, Trevor Speaking"
"Hi Mr H, this is Mrs Blank from the Day Care calling, I am so sorry to bother you at work but Cadee just soiled her third pair of pants, and she vomited"
I reply, "Okay, I will come get her"
We spend the evening, cleaning up vomit, and the other.
Day 2: Saturday/Sunday
My Wife says, "I have a tummy ache, and feel like I am getting sick"
I think, oh oh, it's contagious...
She goes to bed, and follows the same course for 24 hours of vomiting, and the other.
Day 3: Monday
My wife stays home ill. But the kids appear to be okay.
I pack em all into the enormous van, and head out to drop them off and go to work.
Day 4: Tuesday
The kids appear okay. My wife is better but tells me she feels beaten up and very weak.
I pack em all into the enormous van, and head out to drop them off and go to work.
I get a call from my second oldest. "Dad, I am not feeling well can you pick me up from school?" I reply, "Okay, I will be there shortly"
We go home and she suffers the same fate as the first two victims.
I think; who is going to be next?
Day 5: Wednesday
Abby tells me she is okay, so I pack em all into the enormous van, and head out to drop them off and go to work. This time hoping to make it the full day. No such luck.
My cell rings, "Hello Mr H, Rowan really isn't feeling well and feels like she is going to throw up"
I give the customary response. "I will be right there to pick her up"
I pick her up, and sure enough she looks pale, and we go home.
Now it gets tricky. We now have a sick kid with diabetes, and we know they do not mix well.
That evening, Rowan had a terrible, relentless low blood sugar, that dug it's heels in and WOULD NOT come back up.
There we were, shoving glucose into her poor little body as she was throwing it back up. It wouldn't budge. We were seconds away from taking her to the emergency department for some IV glucose. We waited, checked her sugar again for the 5th time in 45 minutes, and it seemed to be trending up into the normal range. Thank goodness, we went to bed, well sort of.
If you are wondering about Glucagon, I had it ready, but one of the side effects is vomiting, so I was hoping it would not be needed.
Finally she was able to keep the last juice down.
Once again diabetes added that element of danger, that; let's take something that's already difficult and make it more so element. Enough already, we are trying to protect my kids grey matter. Back the $%^$ off Mr D.
Day 6: Thursday
Well I made it through most of the work day. Thought I was in the clear, and then the cell rang.
Now I am typing about it.
We had 4 out of 6 family members contract the "Bug" responsible for the syndrome, "Up-chuck-it-up-ticus"
A whole lot of hand-washing, surface wiping, sheet washing, work missing, smelly time I must say.
One for all and all for one, it kinda applies, maybe?
Man, I hope I beat the bug.
Trev
