Norovirus and big event..

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I know there are worse things etc but I have a fear of Norovirus and v+d illnesses. I don’t have a fear of vomiting or kids getting sick it’s literally the nightmare that is feeling that sick and trying to look after kids at the same time. I find nausea really, really hard to cope with, I found being in labour and looking after my kids easier tbh.
There is apparently a bad vomiting bug doing the rounds in my dc school. I’m encouraging hand cleaning in school and cleaning hands etc when they are back.
I have had awful experiences with this before and it’s always been at an important time, once it was a New Years party which I had arranged and then had to cancel with plp already having driven to where we live and the other time was at my best friends wedding which I couldn’t attend... Thing is at the time, some people made out like I was making too big a deal and that I should have come for the ceremony at least (I was literally vomiting etc every 5 mins and was in bits while also looking after my then two year old who also got it in a foreign country on our own. It was a Fckn nightmare. Also I didn’t want to pass it on but honestly I could barely stand.
Now I have a family wedding coming up and I’m seriously terrified we’ll get it , this time I have 3 dcs. This is an immediate family member so don’t even think I couldn’t go. Like wtf do plp do in these situations, a lot of my family don’t have dcs and rarely get these bugs themselves, in fact I never had one pre kids. I honestly think if it happened some wouldn’t get it again and think I was snubbing then it something.
I know no one can say and there no point worrying but I’m actually really worried now, it always strikes at the worst possible time. We didn’t get it last year, is it possible as my kids get older it’s not so regular or clutching at straws could we have build an immunity?! Last year was the first year we didn’t get it in about 6 years. I find it always comes with absolutely no warning so lithely nausea and vomiting comes out of nowhere. Would motillium and immodium work to keep it at bay or at least keep me functional for if it does strike on the day?

You are immune to Norovirus for about 14 weeks after a bout.

Frustratingly there are many other bugs that also cause D&V.

There's nothing you can do about it and it is evil.

I wholly sympathise. My husband and I had our first weekend away alone in 3 years, 3 weeks ago. Posh hotel, lovely dinner, gig and favourite band. We drove in pinched silence all the way there because he felt so poorly. He started to vomit on arrival to our room. I went for dinner on my own. ( I did offer to stay but he was insistent) Went to the gig, went for breakfast on my own and drove us home. He had the rest of the week off with diarrhoea.

Oh God that sounds awful, sorry to hear of your night. Thing is it always strikes at the worst time like it’s never a rainy weekend where nothing is planned. I know deep down there’s nothing I can do about it like they are in school all day so even though the house is v clean , door handles , washing hands etc I honestly think once someone’s exposed to it no amount of bleaching works.
This is my sisters wedding so I can’t not go. I know there’s no point worrying but the fact that everyone at school is talking about it and this wedding is coming up in a week and a half I’m just worried 😟

Norovirus is airborne, so hand washing alone doesn’t guarantee to keep you free of it. However it’s a sensible precaution to get the DC to wash hands as soon as they get home, to reduce the chances, and to drum in that they must wash after using the loos at school etc.
As a PP has said, immunity only lasts 14 weeks, as norovirus remains in your gut and doesn’t trigger systemic immunity. Once the gut lining has been renewed (it turns over in about 14 weeks), there is no more localised immune memory of the bug.
You just have to cross your fingers and hope it doesn’t get you, OP. I’ve also had it at Christmas before, and it’s a nightmare. But alt least it only lasts two days. (Grateful for small mercies...!)

I know it’s just luck really and I can’t prevent it. My dcs are all good eaters, rarely sick, they wash hands when they get home, take probiotics etc but I know that it’s so contagious so if they are in contact they could well get it.
I just hate the stress of having a big occasion and this but I know it’s impossible to control. If the worst happens is there anything a dr can give to stop vomiting, I can’t miss my sister’s wedding and I’d I got it , it would be a struggle to stand... also I wouldn’t want to spread it. I know I sound crazy but the wedding is fast approaching and I’m hearing about this bug at the school gets everyday. I can’t take them out of school for the next week as
I have to work and it’s not good for them to miss school either. Just have to hope I guess ..

OP, if you get it you need to be isolated until 48 hours after the symptoms stop. It would be highly irresponsible to go to a wedding and infect all the guests, including giving it to the happy couple to take on their honeymoon!
I think you just have to hope for the best and pray you don't get it. If you do, you will miss the wedding and just have to send your apologies.