Sorry but for anyone who’s awake I just need to decompress. I’m alone (DH is away) and my 13yo DD just woke up coughing (she has tonsillitis and it’s made her cough a bit to clear her throat). She has always had the habit of vomiting when she coughs as her gag reflex kicks in. However this was different because a moment later there was dark purple vomit spewing everywhere.
I’ve never seen vomit anything like that colour so I was internally panicking while trying to also keep DD calm, she has severe emetophobia and OCD/health anxiety. I was so panicked it was upper GI bleeding from ibuprofen she took earlier this evening. I got her back into bed then woke DH up (he’s in a diffferebt city on a work trip) to get HIM to call 111 so DD didn’t hear me. I was texting him all the info, describing the dark purple colour, the huge quantity, also trying to get dressed for the A&E trip while wondering how to keep DD from a full OCD meltdown because I was certain vomit that color could only be from blood. AI was saying it was either blood OR dye from food but as she hasn’t eaten anything at all let alone anything purple since 10am I was certain it was blood.
then just as DH was telling me 111 were saying we had to seek urgent medical help I remembered.
dark purple throat lozenge.
she had one right before she brushed her teeth 3 hours ago. 😬
i feel a right wally but it was a very scary sight!!!
anyway I’ll be up for hours now scrubbing purple vomit out of the carpet. (And checking on DD every so often, which 111 said to do, in spite of their agreeing it was the purple lozenge what dun it)
Just posting as I’m all alone!! And have told DH to go back to sleep as he has big meeting early. But I’m still in adrenaline mode and just wanted to get the last 30 min out of my system!!!