Rotavirus and flying?

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Just posting for advice whilst I weigh up all of our options.

Rotavirus has been going round the nursery and unfortunately my DC seems to have
caught it.
DC was only sick twice and had diarrhoea since Thursday night, although this is getting less frequent and less in quantity. DC is very lethargic and sleepy, has been eating some dry cereal and crackers and is drinking when prompted.

we are due to go on holiday (flying) Tuesday evening:

do I risk it If DC is 48 hours clear of the last episode of diarrhoea?

see if I can push the flights back a few days / a week? May not be possible due to other family members were flying with.

cancel completely incase the other DC catch it?!

I am so stressed over this.

Just wait and see. If everyone is well on the day of the flight go for it. Obv extra hygiene if changing little ones nappy etc

Don’t have the answer but we had the same issue recently. Luckily DS was 48 hours clear by the time we flew. Other DC and I were ill with it when out there. DH didn’t catch it. But I was terrified we would get ill when travelling or just before.

It’s simply impossible to know how it will go.

I thought there was a rotavirus vaccine ? Or maybe it’s something else I’m thinking of?

Immunity only lasts a couple of years or so, so that it protects babies from it when they are most vulnerable.

Also rotavirus and norovirus are very similar and OP’s child could have either - they won’t know unless they test.

I thought I’d heard of it but I can’t remember that far back to when mine had their vaccines there were so many !

Yes unfortunately a couple of children from the nursery have tested positive for rotavirus so I’m assuming it’s the same for DC.

so hard to know what to do for the best. Don’t want to take a poorly child abroad.

for those of you whose DC have had it before, how long were they poorly for? the day were due to fly will be 5 days after the initial vomiting so I’m hoping we’d be over the worst of it then.

There is but it’s to protect small babies when they’re most vulnerable and immunity is waining by the toddler years.

I just don’t think it’s commonly tested for, and D&V is hardly an uncommon symptom in kids, so the only unusual thing here I think is that they’ve actually identified it specifically as rotavirus.

48 hours post last D&V episode sounds fine OP. That’s what I’d go with for any stomach bug. Fingers crossed for Tuesday!

Just be aware that you can as adult catch rotavirus - I did, and it was worse than norovirus. Three day incubation for me.