Vomiting bug debacle

[minko]

DD is due to go on a school trip tomorrow and is very excited. Her best friend is off today with a vomiting virus she caught from her sister. Spoke to the mum this morning who is anxious for her to go on the trip so she doesn't miss out. (She also doesn't want to miss work).

However, I am seriously thinking about keeping DD at home if her daughter goes as I don't want DD to catch it. (Being an emetephobic maybe I'm over-reacting...)

What to do...?

i'd call the school and tell them someone wants to introduce a D&V bug into their school.

If the little girl is still vomiting then the mother is hardly going to send her off on a trip tommorow. So isn't it unlikely your dd would catch it from her then?

Also your dd has probably been exposed to the bug already, or even if she isn't on the trip tomorrow well on Wednesday she'll be at school mixing with the other children who did mix with this "ill" girl on the trip.

Hopefully, the school won't take her. They probably know what is wrong with her so will make her stay at home if they have any sense.

DS's school sent a letter home saying that they didn't want children back until 48 hours after the bug has finished so I hope that would be enforced in your school too.

Even if she is feeling better the girl isn't going to be up to a trip out anyway. These bugs leave them really drained, don't they. They would be mad to take her.

Good point Pot, hadn't thought about that.

Just wish I could convince the mummy to keep her DD at home and not send her on the trip in the first place. Her first daughter had it Friday night and she was already convinced she was 'fine' Saturday morning when I spoke to her...

My feeling at the mo is that I'm just going to have to risk it, though I'm going to be terrified of us all getting it...

Is she still being sick today? If so I would inform the school. Or could it be she stopped being sick yesterday so is having today off for the 24 hour thing and will be ok to go on the trip tomorrow?

If she is mixing with this girl make sure she washes her hands as soon as she gets home. If she's old enough you could even give her one of those little bottles of anti-bacterial hand gels to bring with her, to use before she eats.

I'm a real believer in hand-washing. My dc have often avoided bugs that swept through the class, and I do feel making them wash their hands the minute they get in from school must've helped.

In fact only recently I was thinking that those things that are in hospital doorways now, the bottles of gel that all visitors should use on their hands before they enter the hospital, well I'd love one, in a fancy container, just inside my front door.
Okay I know I'd look crazy, but I'd love to know that all the kids or even adults who come in here would have cleaned their hands before touching door handles, toys, game controlers, etc. here. Maybe a marketing opportunity for some company there

She started throwing up in the early hours of TODAY - and the trip is tomorrow. If she does go, she will sit next to DD on the coach, hold hands in pairs and generally do her best to pass it on!!!

I can't inform the school... can I? It would destroy my friendship with the other mum...

do any other parents know this child is ill? the mum wouldn't necessarily know it was you? and anyway surely the school know why she's off - wouldn't the mum have rung in?

I am good enough friends with the mum to tell her myself. I think I might say if her DD goes, mine will be staying at home. Perhaps that will guilt her into keeping her DD at home. She knows about my sick phobia and will probably think this is just an over-reaction...

We got a letter at Preschool last week, asking that children not be sent to school until they have been totally clear for at least 24 hours.

DS1 had it last week and although he last vomitted overnight Monday/Tuesday I didnt send him in to Preschool till Thursday