I've had ds1 home sick all week. Started with a call from the school mid-morning on Monday. He'd been in the toilets in a state of distress for over an hour, with the HT and SENCO loitering in the corridor outside and Head going in regularly to check on him. He was worried it was a gluten insult, following a family birthday party the day before, but it turned out to be Norovirus. He was throwing up by the end of the day, then dh, then most of the wider family, but fortunately not me, ds2 or dd.
He's been on toast and other bland foods all week. Was bouncing off the walls by yesterday, so tried him with a bit of cheese at lunch, seemed ok. Then dh took him to secondary open eve last night and he projectile vomited and had explosive diarrhoea simultaneously outside the entrance with almost no warning, despite not having either since Monday evening. Fortunately dh noticed him go green and managed to get him out of the school hall just before the Head started his speech!
Poor ds. He said to dh "daddy, I was sick both ways". Dh asked what he meant and he said, "First my mouth was sick, then my bottom was sick as well".
He won't have it that bottoms can't be sick, because that would mean he's pooed himself and he absolutely can't accept that.
I am still hobbling. Have been called for more xrays tomorrow though. Had a couple of really painful episodes this week when my whole foot, ankle and part of my calf swelled up to silly proportions and went a very interesting mix of colours. I have also developed an odd hard lump on the front of the joint, so I think that might be mucking with the blood supply somehow. It's been nigh on 8 weeks now and I'm up and down to the school on crutches 3 to 4 times a day. 