WIBU to leave 10 year old at home with his nan while the rest of us go to Florida?

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10 year old son has caught a nasty bug and he is pretty much in bed 24/7 and has been for a couple of days. He has been having lots of fluids but has the full d & v. He is ok though but no way is he ok to come away. We rarely go on big holidays but do go to somewhere in Europe every year. We are going to Orlando for Christmas I have 5 children and I think it will be really magical. He is very close to my nan and they spend a lot of time together. The last thing I want to do is leave him but I do have 4 other children that cannot wait for this holiday and I don't really know what to do. WIBU to go away with other children and leave him here with his nan?

If he's had the bug 2 days he must be over the worst

Really? We've had bugs that have hung around for days,no way could we have left the house let alone flew.

Oh, OP

Have RTFT - what a situation it is. I would recommend moving the flight, as there is no guarantee that the other DC will not come down with D&V. I don't think you're U for thinking of leaving him - you were clearly desperate thinking through options.

I hope your DS is better, and I'm so sorry about your DH

Whatever happens, I hope you have an absolutely wonderful Christmas

Isn't this what travel insurance is for?

OP did you manage to get it sorted?

ESTAs are instant in my experience - if not instant then they'll only be a few hours unless there's a problem.

It's good you have your mum on board. I'd personally ring the airline, be nice and explain the situation and hopefully they'll go out of their way to help. If you're buying another full price adult ticket then it would make commercial sense for them to move your DS onto another flight anyway or they'd lose the value of the second fare!

Sorry it's been such a shit year for you. But you WILL sort this one way or another!!

How did it go at the doctors Op?

Hoping you managed to work something out

Update pls!

Hoping no update is due to doctor giving your boy the all clear to fly and you're on your way to Florida!

To be fair MOST d and v bugs are fairly short lived. So it is possible he is much improved even within 24 hours.

Good grief what a bunch of utter bitches on mumsnet at the moment.

Those of you who post "I haven't rtf but" like your opinion trumps understanding the situation
RTFT

It was a serious ask for help and advice from a mother who was (or is) in a nigh on impossible position and needed people to bounce ideas and throw solutions at her to help her. Not all this god awful sanctimonious judging.

Oh no

So,some please tell me this has a happy ending for all!

How did it go op? Did you sort it with the airline swapping it round with your mother?
Hows he feeling today?
Loving the muliple posts suggesting to just 'dose him up'.
Lovely for the poor lad stuck on a plane ill, and then others who may then get sick (potentially dangerous for some people).
Not a good idea.
also not sure what you're going to dose him up with, as immodium doesn't stop vomitting, and doesn't work well with a sick bug ( tried it)

This is MN at its worst!! Hope you get it all sorted OP.

I hope you manage to sort something out OP and enjoy your Christmas whatever happens

I WISH there was a way that you had to physically tick a little box on all of the OPs posts on a thread or something (in the hope that you actually read them) before you're allowed to post a message.

To those who post before reading:
Coming onto threads and farting out your opinion without reading at least the OPs updates is the equivalent of barging into a room full of people talking together and spouting utter nonsense over their heads. It makes you look bloody stupid and very rude. I always tend to glance at those posters names and think 'there goes another twat'.

I realise you are panicking but he will remember this for years to come. Don't do it!

Just thinking ... the irony here is that none of the offenders will see my post because they won't be reading the thread.

Laiste

I bet the DS peeked up and the OP decided to risk it on the plane.

Obviously if she posted that she'd be flamed for being selfish and infecting a plane full of passengers,which is why she hasn't been back.

I would have shoved a load of Imodium in him taken him with us

Why don't those frantic OPs not return, at all? That is weird.

So rude.

Hopefully cara it's because she frantically sorted things out, as people were suggesting, and has managed to find a solution which involves them all getting to Florida to enjoy their holiday. So chances are they could have spent most of yesterday travelling and are now in the US on a different time to us.

Wow - The Christmas Spirt missed a lot of you huh?

Seriously, there are some vile, vile people on this thread!

OP - I hope that your silence indicates a happy solution and not a retreat away from MN and the nasty shit it has spewed upon you!