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Original poster

Vomiting bug, what now

55 replies

ShamalaHamala · 11/12/2021 22:04

We have just travelled 8+ hours to visit family and stay with them for a week.
More family arrived today, to stay in the same house as us. One of them was sick yesterday but has come anyway. Another one of them has just been very sick now.
What do we do?

I don't want to do another very long car journey home having just arrived, I don't want my family going down with it just in time for traveling home, and I don't want to have to cancel all my plans while I'm here.
Argh!

OP posts:
NigellaSeed · 11/12/2021 22:07

Lock all the infected in a cupboard?

Original poster
ShamalaHamala · 11/12/2021 22:26

The one who's just been sick here puked all over the hallway, stairwell and walls....

@nigellaseed I love that plan!

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Porcupineintherough · 11/12/2021 22:26

Weve all come down with a vomiting bug today. Sad Just run.

Lussekatt · 11/12/2021 22:27

You either leave or get a hotel/airbnb if there are any. The last thing you do is stay in that house.

LightSpeeds · 11/12/2021 22:29

If you've been near them, you'll almost certainly get it. If you leave now, you may get ill on the way home in the car.

This would be one of my worst nightmares!

Good luck...

FineWordsForAPorcupine · 11/12/2021 22:29

Hotel? You can regroup there with your own (clean) bathroom.

Then travel home in the morning. Flee the vomiting bug.

mandoforever · 11/12/2021 22:29

I'd stay in a premier inn or similar then go home.

My friend's just recovering from covid, he vomited a lot.

Malibuismysecrethome · 11/12/2021 22:31

Vomiting is a lesser known symptom of Covid.

NoSquirrels · 11/12/2021 22:32

Eurgh.

I don't want to do another very long car journey home having just arrived, I don't want my family going down with it just in time for traveling home, and I don't want to have to cancel all my plans while I'm here.

I’m very sorry but I think you need to leave despite the inconvenience. Spoken as the survivor of a very grim norovirus at Christmas in a relative’s house…

simbobs · 11/12/2021 22:33

Sounds like norovirus - very contagious, very unpleasant. If you are sharing a house and can't leave you need to observe similar restrictions to covid in terms of distancing and hygiene.

MissConductUS · 11/12/2021 22:34

Norovirus and similar are wildly contagious. Get a hotel room.

OnlyHereForTheClothes · 11/12/2021 22:36

Oh no! I hate vomiting bugs. I've had what I think was norovirus a couple of times and it was awful. Would hate to have it in someone else's home. I'd honestly do the journey home tbh... I don't think you'll get symptoms straight away. I'm sure it took a bit of time with me, so you may still have time to get home and maybe even avoid getting it.

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ShamalaHamala · 11/12/2021 22:40

I'm so stressed, everyone else is going to bed and going to 'deal with it in the morning', but all the children are young and going to climb on each other first thing in the morning.
The bringer of vomit is offering to leave in the morning but I think that ship has sailed.

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StepAwayFromGoogling · 11/12/2021 22:51

Get out now, OP! Seriously, just grab your kids and get yourselves to a Premier Inn. Do not touch the hallway, stairwell or walls!

Porcupineintherough · 11/12/2021 22:59

Bear in mind that the bringer of vomit may be too ill to leave in the morning, or other members of their party might. Weve all gone down within 6 hours of each other.😩😭

MadeOfStarStuff · 11/12/2021 23:24

The vomit bringers are highly unreasonable and extremely selfish! It’s one thing to unknowingly bring vomit but another to know they were ill and come anyway!

I would be out of there immediately. And probably do the 8 hour journey home now in case I did come down with the bug because if I have to get it, I’d rather do it in private in the comfort of my own home.

I do have a phobia of vomit though, it’s mostly under control now but it controlled my life for years when I was younger. But this kind of thing is still my worst nightmare!

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 11/12/2021 23:27

I'd definitely be spending the night in a premier inn and going home first thing in the morning. I've had noro in someone elses house over the xmas period and it was horrible, really grim when there are lots of people sharing one toilet and you're not in a room close by it etc

Cheerbear24 · 11/12/2021 23:28

Can you leave now and drive back overnight? At least if you do get it you’ll be dealing with it in your own home.

NoSquirrels · 11/12/2021 23:29

There’s no point them leaving, to be honest. They’ve brought it, they’ll all get it, anyone who stays will likely now catch it.

The people who can’t leave are your hosts.

But you still can.

I’d be googling hotels and booking in ASAP.

Sorry. It’s totally shit.

FrownedUpon · 11/12/2021 23:31

I’d be out of there ASAP. You’ll get it if you stay. That’s incredibly selfish & nasty of them coming when they knew they were ill.

milleniumhandandprawn · 11/12/2021 23:33

Are the Vommiters children? I've known Covid cases where the ONLY symptom in primary/nursery aged kids was puking.
Worth booking PCRs potentially.
Sorry to be the bearer of worse news....

Rekorderlig88 · 11/12/2021 23:37

Nightmare. I have emmetophobia so I'd. Have left as soon s someone said they had been ill the day previous.

Suzanne999 · 11/12/2021 23:41

Think I’d leave tonight. Norovirus is vile and spreads fast.
I fear projectile vomiting in hallway has probably spread quite well already.

RoseRedRoseBlue · 12/12/2021 00:25

Those who arrived knowing someone in their group had been ill are incredibly selfish! I would be livid.

Pedalpushers · 12/12/2021 00:33

I'm sorry to say but norovirus is one of the most infectious viruses around - virtually impossible to be around someone with it and not catch it and it lives on surfaces etc. There's no immunity - in fact if you've had it before you're more likely to get it again. Best thing you can do is get home before it kicks in, it incubates for 12-48 hours.