Hello, I just joined and am so glad to have found somewhere I can talk about this.

I've been emet since I was little, and am usually fine, I wake up thankful every day when I don't feel sick which is 95% of the time. My little boy is 4 (it's his birthday tomorrow actually) and he was sick tonight, he didn't know it was coming so no warning - all over the kitchen floor. I just stood there in shock

Managed to get him undressed and showered, and into clean pajamas. Then bleached the whole kitchen and washed the floors. He's been sick 5 times since then (started about 6pm) but much more controlled and using our 'sick bowl' which I can cope with. He's laying on the sofa under his blanket atm and is being sick roughly every 20-30 minutes.

I'm just about managing to cope (I'm a single parent and no one nearby to help) but petrified of being sick myself as sometimes happens when he gets these bugs. I can't describe the panic that washes over me when I feel sick - well, you all know what I'm describing I'm sure. It's his birthday tomorrow and party on Saturday, and I'm trying to stay upbeat and talk about those things to him to take his mind of being sick. It's so hard though when I just want to run to the bathroom and scrub myself all over and sob.

He's so brave, he amazes me. He cries a little when he's being sick, but then he's fine and just snuggles down under his blanket again until the next wave. I always feel like I'm dying when I'm sick, I've never found a coping mechanism.

I just wish someone was here to help me :'(