We had a horrible night :(
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| Thu, 05-18-2006 - 11:31am |
Here's my vent: We had a nasty, horrible, sleepless night. Matthew was up all night throwing up!! He had nothing left in his stomach, so it was the dry heaves half the time. Then he got the intestinal thing, and messed his bed up. The poor thing. That was about 3:30 AM. That continued for the rest of the night--constant diarrhea. He was also running a fever, and we put wet washcloths on him. We weren't getting any sleep. It was literally like every half hour all night he would call to us. We took turns dealing with it, but when one of us gets up, the other one wakes up! I asked Michael if there was anything we could give him, because he was sooooo miserable!! I just felt so bad for him. There is no worse feeling than nausea! Michael said he wouldn't keep anything down, but he did give him a compazine suppository. Matthew HATED that!!
I am soooo wasted from being up all night. I just thank God Michael was home, and not at the hospital so I didn't have to go it alone. I was doing laundry at 4 AM. It was so much fun! But tonight Michael works, so I may be in really bad shape if any of the others get sick, because I am very sleep-deprived today. I'm going to take a nap sometime this afternoon, and I *have to* make sure Michael naps, because he got no sleep last night, and will be up all night tonight, and he'll probably kill someone at work if he's this sleep-deprived ;)
So we've been having a blast over here for the past 12 hours! THIS IS A NASTY STOMACH BUG!! I am happy to report that so far, none of the other 3 nor us have gotten it. But with Michael and I cleaning everything up last night, I'm not real optimistic about our future. He told me to say a prayer we have immunity to this one, LOL! ::KNOCK WOOD::
Matthew has stopped throwing up. He is still having diarrhea, though. He was desperately thirsty, and Michael had me give him ice chips. If he doesn't throw them up, I will give him Gatorade in an hour or so. He still has a fever, but nothing Michael wants to try and lower at this point, so I'm letting his temperature run its course. The poor little guy is one miserable kid, and he's actually asleep in the playloft right now. I'm trying to keep the girls and Justin away from him.
So if we're all going to get this, I just wish we'd hurry up and get it and get it over with, so we can go on vacation on May 27th virus-free!!
Thanks for letting me vent again! I'm thinking of you Mel, Laura, Erin and anyone else with sick kids right now.
Sofia


Oh gosh, so sorry about your night and your poor little one!!!
It sounds like the same bug that swept through us in APril--good news, it is done in 24 hours, bad news, it is violent the 24 hours they have it!
Hugs!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh man!
(((HUGS))) Sofia....to you and yours....
I pray things are much better now....!
Poor, Poor Baby!
Rhonda
I hope this is the end of the nasty bug. Hope Matthew is better soon.
Thanks for your sympathies! You all make me smile!! You are some awesome friends.
Rhonda: I hope your kids get well soon too! I'm thinking of you.
Tanya: I'll try the saltines and gingerale. Thanks for the tip!!
Rose: I'm thinking of you with your ILs there, and hoping things are going smoothly for you :)
Sofia