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How is everyone today zoo?

i hope so zoned i really,really do

i couldnt resist the urge to text dp and see if hes ok.he feels very unwell,but still not sure if it the lurgy or ibs as hes just laying in bed a the moment feeling progressively more ill

You are coping zoo, you really really are. And any day now you will wake up and this will be all over and it will all be ok again.

they are quiet and lethargic<unheard of for dds do it must be bad>

dp is complaining not feeling well-it may be ibs though as he gets it very badly when under stress

im really not coping anymore

i just want to wake up and it all ok again

zoo, I have an almost pathological need to know all the details. How many, how badly eye etc. then I either feel better or far worse accordingly. Think it must be another control thing. How are you and your dd's doing this pm?

zoned big hugs

are you sure you want to know how many are dropping?

will that make things worst.x

wish I hadn't just read that.

still thinking of you zoo and all the other emetophobes struggling. Off to collect ds1 from school and anxious to hear the latest noro toll (and praying nobody came down with it in the classroom today)

I'm lurking on and off if you want to chat. x

Yeah, I saw that.
Just hoping the bug the dc had 3 weeks ago means they will be ok for a while but logically I know they aren't.
My ds1 really struggles during winter anyway (respitory issues) so winters aren't much fun in this house
It's odd isn't it?
As bad as noro or rotavirus is (and ds2 ended up in hospital with rotavirus when he was 13 months old) its over usually within 48 hours. Or the worst of it anyway.
It's the awful numbing paralysing fear that is the worst thing. The sleeplessness, the worrying every time you hear someone is ill...it's exhausting
<holds hands with zoo>

thanks badvoc
seeing vomiting is a topic in teh main board for today hasnt lifted me at all

wish they could just make everyone stay at home til they could sort a vaccine to irradicate contagious vomiting!

Sorry to hear that zoo.
It's very rough at this time of year
Hopefully they are over the worst now.
X

thanks for popping in cats

its been horrid,truly horrid

they havent been ill since 3 this morning.grandma said no water til 12 to give tummies a chance to settle

ive just offered them some and put on a dvd through an old computer that doeasnt work,but has a disc drive and tehy all chilling and watching that while i hide downstairs out of the way but with ears tuned for any unsavoury noises

im praying the worst is over

MH is rubbish,very very low

Hi zoo How are things now?

Hope you all feel better soon.

thanks giraffes been the most unpleaantly long night of my exsistance

Hi zoo. thinking of you hope all better soon.

its been all quiet for a couple of hours but im so anxious sleep aint guna happen
every creak of the house and cough sends me into hyper state
my nerves are totally shot

appreciate the support frantic
as you know from the other emet thread both the girls are now being ill

ds is ok,he hasnt had a fever just bin a little flushed a couple of times

the girls have been sorted by mil and are chatting aay to her calm adn relaxed and smily

im soo eternally grateful,esp as she hates me so that she has come.<she hates he belved son to worry and right now im not in a position to worry

Still here zoo. How is ds's temperature? How long is it since he ate? If he has cooled down some and it is more than a couple of hours since he ate, the odds are in your favour that it won't come back, but do you know what? If by some awful luck it does, you can cope you proved that last night! You are stronger than you give yourself credit for and so many of us are in awe at just how magnificent you're being.

dp is on night shift again tonight and im terrified of either the girls being hit with it or him bringin gup the sllice and a half of toast hes eaten today<<irational loon alert>>

ds has still not moved except to go for a wee x3 today.looks like crap and is complaining still isnt feeling anybetter

even teh promise of a banana<his favourite thing to eat in the entire world>will not lure him to eat and has been coaxed gently to just eat the toast in a bit to get a bit energy into him as he is very weak

i intend to ring the gp tomorrow for advice and try and get his revies bought forward regarding his immunity i think

hope everyone else is hanging in there!

Glad you came back zoo.
Good news he is keeping after down.

Gentle kick! Not meant harshly. I know how hard it is!

thanks for the slight nudge of a kick up the arse

his immune system is being investigated at present-he is on iron as he haas small red blood cells-and we have to return to the gp in another 4 weeks or so to review what he has had since last visit<in 3 weeks 2 colds,one with wheezing ,the other with horrid night cough,conjunctivitis and now this!>

im trying to rationalise that he not being THAT sick<i.e he can keep sips water down>

i will pop back in this afternoon...

thanks for keep hand holding
appreciate all posters support.x

Glad to see you back, zoo! You had me worried for a time there. You continue to do a great job and agree with bb that sleep is the best thing for him!

No! You're not. Any parent would be worried but he has clearly had a horrible bug and as you say in previous posts he is not physically strong at the moment. Sleep is the best thing. 2 hrs after banana and toast is also good.

Back to you... Even with his physical difficulties and the fact that he has been laid low with a number of infections, he has actually only been sick twice. I am NOT belittling how terrifying that twice is for you but try to use that as a way of rationalising things in your mind. You do not have a weak immune system and neither do your dds ( I'm assuming). This is not a great disaster in the grand scheme of things.

Hold tight! bbxx

3.30 yesterday,but he was sick at 10.30 the night before then not again til then,managing to keep in a rice cake,2hour later a slice toast and a banana

he sleeping endlessly and doesnt wake when the girls start shouting and squealing,which he would normally,yet i dont want to keep shaking him awake to see hes ok so sit over him watching him breathe

am i losing the plot?!