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Sick child in pantomime

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Phoenix76 · 02/12/2022 23:56

I just wanted to check if I'm right in my thinking, I think I am but sometimes need the other side of the situation. We went to a pantomime this evening, a later performance than we'd have liked but they were the only tickets available for a show we like to take the kids to every year (they very much enjoy it)

Anyway it got to the end and we were all filing out. There's a child, probably about 10 or 11. They're laying on the floor. They were laying in such a way I thought they'd slipped on something, the adults with him didn't seem overly concerned and very quickly a member of the audience asked if everything was OK. The lady with the group said something like " ah they've been sick all day and was in a deep sleep just now" the child was very clearly upset and crying. I was thinking they must have surely meant poorly, not actually sick as surely no-one would take a child to such a place if they potentially had a contagious illness, it turns out they did indeed mean the dreaded so I'm asking here if that's an OK thing to do? I won't go in to details as I understand people have certain phobias (it actually makes me extremely anxious) but I'm now here fretting we may have caught something as we were very close (didn't witness anything until the end). I didn't say anything, no, as instinctively I wanted to get out as fast as possible. I know it could be none of my business etc and could be another illness causing it and would never want to make someone's already difficult life more difficult, I just can't imagine dragging a poorly child out anywhere for many reasons. It goes without saying I genuinely hope the child is OK but please someone tell me we're not going to have a dreaded bug 🙏

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Breezycheesetrees · 02/12/2022 23:59

You can't catch a sickness bug from walking past someone.

JenniferBarkley · 03/12/2022 00:01

Poor kid should've been home in bed.

Hopefully you'll be fine, fingers crossed.

You've reminded me of the time we went to see a musical and a woman in the row behind us started throwing up - and stayed! In the interval she just moved seats. It was awful. None of us caught anything though!

Globetrotterwitch · 03/12/2022 00:02

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Phoenix76 · 03/12/2022 00:05

But we're always told how contagious it is! I used to think you could only catch it through touch but heard stuff that says that's not the case but really hoping you're right 🙏

@JenniferBarkley thank you. That's what I thought but maybe the child begged to go? And blimey I'd have been out of there even though we shouldn't have to!

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LargeglassofRosePlease · 03/12/2022 00:06

JenniferBarkley · 03/12/2022 00:01

Poor kid should've been home in bed.

Hopefully you'll be fine, fingers crossed.

You've reminded me of the time we went to see a musical and a woman in the row behind us started throwing up - and stayed! In the interval she just moved seats. It was awful. None of us caught anything though!

You are joking 😳
I have severe emetephobia and I would have freaked big style over this not to mention been traumatised as dramatic as that sounds.

Phoenix76 · 03/12/2022 00:08

@Globetrotterwitch thank you that's what I thought. I have auto immune disease who put me on the shielding list but I'm mindful that people shouldn't stop their own life to facilitate mine but here I thought it's not just people like me it's many people potentially! I should be in bed asleep rather than worrying about this 😆

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Fizbosshoes · 03/12/2022 00:15

YANBU. It's unfair to both the child who is sick, and potentially vulnerable people if they are contagious.
I was in our local sports club one Friday evening. There is a bar /seating area for parents to wait while their children are having lessons, and a place to buy food. One woman had a toddler with her who seemed quite fractious/upset. Later on, after her older child had finished their lesson, the toddler threw up all over the toys. The person behind the bar said she would take them home and clean/disinfect them. The mum said the toddler had been ill all day. I was a bit Hmm that they would take a sickly child and hang out waiting for the other child. If there was no time to go home, they could probably have waited in the car or outside. I don't think I'm particularly germ-phobic but I find that sort of thing really antisocial.

Phoenix76 · 03/12/2022 00:18

@Fizbosshoes that's what I thought but I know I can be a bit "old fashioned". I just think how awful I feel the few times I've had "that" bug so can't imagine dragging a poorly child anywhere unless it was life or death! Seems this happens more regularly than I feared, feel like hibernating!

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Greenshake · 03/12/2022 00:21

People who take unwell kids anywhere they don’t absolutely have to are the height of selfishness.

pursuedbyablackdog · 03/12/2022 11:06

You don't why the child was sick though. Not all vomiting is down to a virus, ds was on so medication which caused him to be physically sick at times, I mean don't get me wrong I wouldn't take an unwell child to the panto, but I wouldn't worry about catching anything.

ScrabbleChamp64 · 03/12/2022 11:30

JenniferBarkley · 03/12/2022 00:01

Poor kid should've been home in bed.

Hopefully you'll be fine, fingers crossed.

You've reminded me of the time we went to see a musical and a woman in the row behind us started throwing up - and stayed! In the interval she just moved seats. It was awful. None of us caught anything though!

Omg I would have left myself I reckon! Or loudly announced that there was vomit that needed cleaning up to a member of staff. That’s horrendous although I am a bit emetophobic

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