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Stomach Bug
16 years ago
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This is a disgusting post...
Just this past weekend my family came down with a stomach bug. It was pretty bad to say the least. On Thursday my daughter comes home from school and tells us there where lot of kids getting sick at school... she wasn't kidding. A friend of ours told us on the phone that evening that when she went to pick her daughter up for lunch that day she felt like she had walked in to a movie. There where pools of vomit all over the hallways and in the water fountain, plus kids running to the bathrooms with hands over their mouths. On Friday, in my daughters class of 20 kids... there was 6. Even the teacher was down and out with the bug, and that's just one class. We heard that it was the same all over the school.
So needless to say that Thursday evening my daughter came down with it too. That evening she threw up about 22 times in 12 hours or so. I was next and only tossed twice (WoO!). My son was next, then my wife, whom got hit the hardest... I'll spare the details. It was crazy... I'm not sick now but I still feel low on energy. My wife is just starting to come out of it but not really able to watch the kids (who are both fine now), so I stayed home today.
Amazing that this all happened on a weekend. We know other families that are getting hit with it now which means more time off from work and school for those families.
What I am bummed about is that I threw up. It sounds strange, but the last time I tossed was 10 years ago. I hoping to keep that up. Oh well, I guess I have a new personal best time on throwing up that I have to beat now. ^_^
When was the last time you got so ill you tossed?
Just this past weekend my family came down with a stomach bug. It was pretty bad to say the least. On Thursday my daughter comes home from school and tells us there where lot of kids getting sick at school... she wasn't kidding. A friend of ours told us on the phone that evening that when she went to pick her daughter up for lunch that day she felt like she had walked in to a movie. There where pools of vomit all over the hallways and in the water fountain, plus kids running to the bathrooms with hands over their mouths. On Friday, in my daughters class of 20 kids... there was 6. Even the teacher was down and out with the bug, and that's just one class. We heard that it was the same all over the school.
So needless to say that Thursday evening my daughter came down with it too. That evening she threw up about 22 times in 12 hours or so. I was next and only tossed twice (WoO!). My son was next, then my wife, whom got hit the hardest... I'll spare the details. It was crazy... I'm not sick now but I still feel low on energy. My wife is just starting to come out of it but not really able to watch the kids (who are both fine now), so I stayed home today.
Amazing that this all happened on a weekend. We know other families that are getting hit with it now which means more time off from work and school for those families.
What I am bummed about is that I threw up. It sounds strange, but the last time I tossed was 10 years ago. I hoping to keep that up. Oh well, I guess I have a new personal best time on throwing up that I have to beat now. ^_^
When was the last time you got so ill you tossed?
Thankfully it faded pretty quickly and didn't leave any lasting effects.
"Bad air" can make you throw up just like that. Perhaps the millitary decided to test a new gas weapon? Or some industry just blew off and the flames creating mildly posionus gasses? Terrible thoughts. I hope it's just a come and go illness!
As for my last time to throw up: Had eaten 2 bags of potatoe chips and drank 2 shots of whiskey on it...nothing yet, but the comming two glass of Heineken beer was so delicious to drink. In the middle of the night, my stomach has decided to get rid of it all...Bahhhh, too much of the good stuff. It was years ago, probobly in my early 20's! I'm caring more for my health now!
Does drunken hurling count? Cuz then it'd be about 14.
Oh, being so *ill* I spewed? About 20.
What gets me is that I can never figure out if its a bug or food poisoning. There's so much contaminated food going around these days from Those Folks We Can Trust in the Business Suits, that eating the wrong sandwich or having a few peanuts from the wrong bag can put you through 12 hours of hell.
The first time, it was in the middle of the night, and I had no idea what the hell just happened- I must have been 4 or 5 at the time. So, I scooped it up, and walked to my parent's room, and showed it to my Mom.
"Mom, what's this?"
blinks awake, frowns and rolls over "Show your father."
Self-induced technicolour yawning was at an office function. I drank a wee bit too much. But I do remember stumbling out of the washroom stall, and, seeing one of my co-workers, said, "There! I think I'm down to my ideal weight now!"
Some guy at the urinal laughed so hard he peed all over the wall.
Last time I puked was just a few months ago (ate something overtimed).