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To think tonight of all nights

44 replies

Sleepysloth32 · 02/09/2020 20:45

I've been super calm today. Kept my mind busy as dd goes back to school tomorrow. So we went rock hunting. Had a roast dinner for tea. I've been really positive about tomorrow. Got her bathed. Done pack up. Story. Said good night. She must have drank her cup of water really fast as she called through and said uh oh mummy I've just been sick on my bed.

I went through and with that she hurled three more times allover her bed. She hadn't mentioned feeling unwell. She said she drank the water fast. She has done this in the past with milkshake and orange squash. She has done it at least 4-5 times. But she hasn't done it for a year.

My partner said it's nerves and drinking too fast. But it was alot of sick so I'm on edge now.

There's no reason she should have a bug. We've not been anywhere but for walks alone. We've all eaten the same. She has been collecting ladybirds in the garden and putting them on a pile of leaves.

I don't want her to miss the first day back. What would you guys do based on if she's not sick again?

I've been really anxious lately and I've been so proud of myself this last few days. Can't believe our early Night has resulted in me washing bed sheets and my daughter laid on the sofa with a bucket!

OP posts:
DishRanAwayWithTheSpoon · 03/09/2020 06:53

She needs to be off for 48hrs

3x is a lot. If it had been a small amount 1x straight after the water maybe. But she could easily have been sick with a bug, you just dont know

Tenner · 03/09/2020 06:57

Don't worry I'm not one of those parents.

nice dig at those who really cannot afford to take two days unpaid and have no option of going to work/sending the child in.

BorisandHarriet · 03/09/2020 06:58

I cannot imagine any school suggesting you send your daughter in after she vomited three or four times last night. How old is she? I’m absolutely desperate for my kids to make it back to school this week but I wouldn’t send in one who had thrown up unless they were just travel sick or similar.

Phoenix21 · 03/09/2020 07:06

Can you call the school office for advice and take it from there?

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 03/09/2020 07:08

We had a pre back to school virtual meeting with high school last night and were told that if your child presents with any symptoms of covid they must be kept off and a test organised.

For those of you saying vomiting isn't a symptom, you maybe need to get more up to date. D or V in kids is the primary symptom.

We have to keep ours off if they cough even.

Our usual policy for sickness is 48 hour absence.

Does she normally vomit repeatedly after one drink? I can imagine throwing the drink up but not keep going.

Unfortunately we are all bring askedcto be over cautious as whole classes could end up isolating.

footprintsintheslow · 03/09/2020 07:09

No school office is going to say " yes come on in, we have set rules for the school and local authority based on nhs guidance, but for your previous child we can ignore all those as your child is so special".

Stay home like everyone else. It's bloody annoying but that's life.

Rosebel · 03/09/2020 07:48

I assume some on here are those parents who put work ahead of children. It doesn't matter if you can't afford two days off, if your child is sick you look after them. Bet they're the same parents who complain when others send their sick child in.
OP hope your daughter is feeling better, although even if she is I'd keep her home until Monday. It's a bit rubbish missing the start of term but it's only a couple of days. Better safe than sorry.

pollylocketpickedapocket · 03/09/2020 07:50

@OverTheRainbow88

Get a covid test?!! Really, for vommiting??!
This is Mumsnet! Seems any slight symptom is met with hysteria about COVID!
Regularname · 03/09/2020 09:29

What the NHS in England is currently saying on Covid and children

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/coronavirus-in-children/

ThatDamnScientist · 03/09/2020 09:33

@OverTheRainbow88

Get a covid test?!! Really, for vommiting??!
New/latest studies show that vomiting and diarrhoea are the first symptoms young children show. So yes, covid test 🤷🏼‍♀️

Please don't send your child to school for 48 hours after vomiting, you think it is from drinking too quickly but you can't be certain.

DifficultPifcultLemonDifficult · 03/09/2020 09:36

nice dig at those who really cannot afford to take two days unpaid and have no option of going to work/sending the child in.

So your kid can spread a sickness bug to goodness knows how many other kids and all their parents have to struggle to get leave because you cant make arrangements for a couple of days?

I have 6 dc in my house, a sickness bug would take a couple of weeks to get round everyone.

Your selfish behaviour would mean a couple of weeks off work for me.

Your kid/circumstances are not more important than anyone elses.

It's a bit rubbish but this shit happens, and the rules are there for the benefit of everyone.

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 03/09/2020 11:12

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/covid-19-symptoms-children-cough-18858587

Please read, for those thinking vomiting isn't a symptom.

BashfulClam · 03/09/2020 13:01

nice dig at those who really cannot afford to take two days unpaid and have no option of going to work/sending the child in.

That’s your problem and you shouldn’t make it everyone else’s problem. The kids the bring home a bug and poorly grandma gets it, newborn sibling gets it, uncle with cancer gets in and all those people are at serious risk of complications!

Gancanny · 04/09/2020 07:41

@OverTheRainbow88 isn't wrong and its certainly worth considering a covid test for a child with vomiting and diarrhoea

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/coronavirus-symptoms-parents-should-look-18876289?fbclid=IwAR3RSBpBovkj1JwL3QqpjtUMpcyhbHWIcNNMi4EqAPksntwJvx-HA4LR_TE

Gancanny · 04/09/2020 07:43

The kids the bring home a bug and poorly grandma gets it, newborn sibling gets it, uncle with cancer gets in and all those people are at serious risk of complications!

For whatever reason, and no one has ever figured out what that reason is, once I start vomiting I cannot stop and I get dehydrated very quickly. I dread the DC bringing home vomiting bugs because I know if I catch it then I'll end up at urgent care on a drip for fluids and anti-emetics.

IncludeWomenInTheSequel · 04/09/2020 09:05

You can't just 'consider testing' for Coronavirus. Unless you have one of the three main symptoms you're not eligible for one.

This is the reason people can't get a test locally, every bugger who doesn't have symptoms wants one Angry

Gancanny · 04/09/2020 09:30

I didn't say go out and get one, I said that it's worth considering. No problems with obtaining tests where I live either in person or with a home testing kit. I've had four covid tests over the last couple of months - once for symptoms, once for a pre-surgery check, once because I had tonsillitis and they wanted to rule it out as covid, and once for research/ONS survey.

Gancanny · 04/09/2020 09:32

"Considering" would mean thinking about it based on symptoms. As an example, child vomiting who may also have a temperature, however slight, then a covid test should be considered rather than presuming the temperature is due to a vomiting bug as vomiting can actually be an additional symptom in children.

IncludeWomenInTheSequel · 04/09/2020 09:34

The kid in question here has no temperature.

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