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To want to throw the entire house away?

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IneedcoffeeinanIV · 19/07/2023 03:24

2/4 of us have picked up a horrid gastro bug. DD6 spent most of the day being sick (all of it landed in the sink and a bowl). DP managed to make the toilet most of the time. Until 2am, DD1 woke up so I headed downstairs to change and feed her. I hear DP running like his feet are made of friggin concrete. He comes downstairs to say sorry and he's been sick on the floor and what is best to clean it. At this point I already wanted to cry because he is terrible at cleaning properly so I said I'd do it. Headed upstairs, bedroom carpet covered, handled that fine. Just praying when it dries out it doesn't smell. HOWEVER, I then enter the bathroom. I honestly just burst into tears. The floor, the sink, the bath, the walls, every toiletry, sponge, bath toy covered. I've just spent over an hour cleaning and disinfecting every single item that I could salvage. All I can smell still is vomit and I feel disgusting.

I assume it would be appropriate and not frowned upon to throw my house and also DP in the wheely bin?

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Catsmere · 19/07/2023 03:29

If you can find a wheely bin big enough, do it! I'm so sorry, OP.

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IneedcoffeeinanIV · 19/07/2023 03:34

I'll fold him and the house up to ensure they fit. I'm signed off of work currently for post natal PTSD and the nights are always the worst so this on top of it has been delightful. It also means DP will probably be sick from work tomorrow and he doesn't have any paid sick days left so that's an extra day of no pay and we get married in 3 months with several big birthdays in between. Annnnnd breathe Smile

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Missingthegore · 19/07/2023 03:42

O dear!
It's just lodged in your nasal passages at the moment. Here's hoping you don't come down with it next.
Once this is all over maybe get someone in to steam the carpets and give the bathroom a deep clean?
Or to clean the blood away from chopping your husband up into little pieces?? 😀

Keep up the hand washing for yourself and take care xx

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IneedcoffeeinanIV · 19/07/2023 03:45

Hahaha the chopping part is excellent. I love him dearly and he was planning to clean it himself but just knew I'd find chunks of it in all the little crevices if I'd let him. I'd just done my nails too to try perk myself up so they were all removed and all I was picturing is sick stuck down them. I can hear my stomach starting to gargle so I am praying I'm not next.

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FictionalCharacter · 19/07/2023 05:00

Oh that’s awful! How on earth did he manage to spray the whole bathroom? Normal people squat in front of the loo and make sure they’re pointing at it when they puke.
Get him into the wheely bin asap.

User1990C · 19/07/2023 06:14

You've clearly never heard noro virus.

JennyForeigner · 19/07/2023 06:41

Oh mate. I hear you. We have three under four and had the bug this week. Three kids, two adults and some of the same pressures but not as badly as you!

The only coping strategy I know is to write the book in your head. You are holding two children upside down by their ankles to shake the sick off, but also you are drafting a multimillion selling copy of a hilarious book about the complete chaos of family life and the worse it is, the funnier it will be when you start work on the film script.

At least, that's what I told myself when our son self-medicated for his post virus sickness by eating a beanbag.

WeWereInParis · 19/07/2023 06:43

FictionalCharacter · 19/07/2023 05:00

Oh that’s awful! How on earth did he manage to spray the whole bathroom? Normal people squat in front of the loo and make sure they’re pointing at it when they puke.
Get him into the wheely bin asap.

Norovirus can be rather forceful, and come on quickly. I'd assume he was just getting to the bathroom when he threw up violently.
A friend of mine got norovirus (along with his wife and young twins) and they ended up just throwing away a pair of curtains they couldn't face cleaning. I think they'd have thrown away the walls as well if they could have.

Emz6103 · 13/08/2023 19:37

You have true norovirus!! It will pass through your family like water through a bucket with a hole!! You will projectile vomit at a seconds notice and it will run out of both ends......it's the only time I thought about dying. Good news it passes in a few days. We had it in the NHS around 20 yes ago we all took it home and gave it to our families......none of you knew it but it almost shut down the NHS so many of us were so sick!! That's why I no longer trust the government or the NHS..... we'd never heard of it but suddenly all these posters went up ... everywhere in every hospital, surgery and chemist.....must have taken months of planning to get these vinal posters printed and distributed......how on earth did they know that far on advance that in a few months time we were all going to get something called norovirus? Unless they have a crystal ball and can see months into the future or they're letting this bacteria out themselves!! You'll never convince me otherwise

Glitterblue · 13/08/2023 19:41

This reminds me of the time I had a terrible migraine but my boss forced me to stay at work and go to a meeting out of the office. I suddenly knew I was going to be sick and the only toilet was down 3 flights of stairs….I only just made it to the bathroom door when I threw up EVERYWHERE. I have never been so embarrassed!

WeWereInParis · 13/08/2023 19:42

Unless they have a crystal ball and can see months into the future or they're letting this bacteria out themselves!! You'll never convince me otherwise

You'll never be convinced that the government isn't releasing the norovirus bacteria themselves? Ok...

TheGirlFromTomorrow · 13/08/2023 19:47

Oh god, one Christmas I managed to give myself food poisoning. Tried to run to the bathroom, but I ended up throwing up red wine chunks all over the Christmas tree, the presents, the wall, the decorations, everything.

There's probably still red wine on the walls under the paint in that house 🤮

DyslexicPoster · 13/08/2023 19:50

The last time we all got noro ( 4 kids!) Dh didn't get it thank god so he mopped up. One of the kids burst into the loo to throw up on another kid sitting on the loo with the runs.

I put towels everywhere, put them in bin bags and dealt with it all at the end of the week.

Horrendous. Plus thought I was going to die I felt so ill. Your not alone OP. We look back and laugh ( kind of)

WeWereInParis · 13/08/2023 19:59

TheGirlFromTomorrow · 13/08/2023 19:47

Oh god, one Christmas I managed to give myself food poisoning. Tried to run to the bathroom, but I ended up throwing up red wine chunks all over the Christmas tree, the presents, the wall, the decorations, everything.

There's probably still red wine on the walls under the paint in that house 🤮

You've reminded me, when I was little my parents sold our family car and my mum was sure it would still have had bits of my sister's vomit stuck in the air con vents 😂

Blarn · 13/08/2023 20:26

If it makes you feel better, dh (38, a proper adult with two kids) covered out bathroom floor, walls, loo, bath and sink with vomit awhile ago after he had gone out and got drunk.

Gastroenteritis is awful, I still panic every time I feel a little bit queasy that I have that again, could barely keep down the rehydrating liquid and antisickness meds. You have my sympathies, OP, you'll all get through it soon.

pimplebum · 13/08/2023 21:20

Emz6103
I hope you're joking , if not seek help

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