DS(8) was sick around 6 times throughout last night (Weds into Thurs). Last episode was around 6am Thurs morning. He was OK through Thurs but not much energy and mainly stayed in bed. Kept down water, a bit of bread and some dry cheerios fine. Had a bit of plain pasta for dinner around 5.30pm. He's just been sick again which surprised me as he'd been clear for about 18 hours by then.
He's had a heavy cold and cough for a week or so and said his ear hurt yesterday. Is this just a standard sickness bug or some other virus?
Also need a bit of reassurance, I've got emetephobia but have coped ok with this so far (for me anyway). As a lot of emetephobia does, this leads to contamination OCD. Really trying to rein it in and not wash or clean anything and everything but then feel guilty in case it spreads to others in the household. Am I ok to just clean and wash things I know have come into contact with sick, and high frequency touch areas like door handles, stair bannister and light switches?