My Son Was Sick...

[kate1966]

Well, this is going to be a two part question/statement type thing.....


First off, sat am my oldest son who will be 16 in July woke up holding his stomach saying it hurt really really bad....so then he goes to the bathroom and did # 2 but it was pretty normal...and i figured he was just constipated like he gets sometimes....well he finished that time, and went on back into his room, playing his xbox...he kept telling me he was cramping up pretty bad...and again i chalked it up to being constipated....so anyway he then tells me he's starving..so i fixed him 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...and he eats them, and then the D started.....he had it all day long with very very bad cramps until 5:30 that evening......he said he has never felt worse....now...does this sound like fp? Or a sv? Because that was all the symptoms he had...no fever...no chills...no n....no v......just very bad d and cramps. We had ordered out take out food and he got the bacon cheeseburger....and my husband got the same thing but with no bacon...so i don't know if it was the bacon maybe or if he just had some type of bug. I felt so bad for him...b/c he hasn't been v sick in 5yrs and very very rarely even gets D......so i was rather concerned. But by around 5:30 or so he was getting really hungry so he ate some chicken noodle soup, a small cup of jello....then he was still hungry so he had some steak and plain baked potato....and he was fine...he said he was still getting a few cramps but no d....then on sunday he was still having some cramps but no d...and was eating pretty normal. I was very scared that he was going to start v with this going on....but he never did...i made him chew those pepto tablets and bought him popcycles and sprite.....and he seemed to be fine this am for school....i hope he will continue to do ok. But just wondering what you all thought this could have been.


My second ?/statement.......i have all of a sudden started wanting to have some alcohol drinks lately...i have never ever been a drinker in my life, always been terrified of the v aspect of it so i never did....but lately i have been wanting to try wine at least...well can't findany of that i like at all. so i bought some of that Smironoff sp? watermelon flavor....omg!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in love with that stuff....it is soooooooooooooooo good and refreshing.....i only drank one though...i will be working my way up to 2 eventually. I am going to Aruba in 4 weeks...and i would love to be able to have a couple of drinks and not look like a goober out there while everyone else is drinking and having a good time...i am going with my sis who drinks like a fish, so i would like to have fun with her on this trip!!! Any advice.suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[marby]

Hi Kate -


The cramping really sounds more like a fp issue. When I got fp a couple of years ago, my doctor told me my stomach would cramp up (especially after eating) for a couple of days until it ran its course through my system. Sorry he's been in such pain! That stinks...


As for the drinking... can you have an alcoholic beverage, then switch to maybe a virgin daquari or virgin pina colada in between? No one but you and the bartender needs to know it isn't loaded with rum! Have a great time on your trip. It sounds like a blast...

[ontariogirl]

Hi Kate
Sounds like a bug got him. If it was food poisoning believe me he wouldn't have ate at all. When you have food poisoning the last thing you want is food. He is fine now so I wouldn't worry too much.
Umm can you fit me in your suitcase when you go away??? Just drink in moderation and switch to bottled water. Being in the sun and drinking I wouldnt do, it will hit you twice as hard. Have a few drinks, grab some water and soak that sun in!!!

[kellybean]

It sounds like fp that your son has.


As for drinking, Smirnoff is really good, but there is so much sugar in it, that it will make you feel really bad in the morning. I would advise you not to drink something with that much sugar. Although, in places like Aruba or Mexico, they tend to not put very much alcohol in mixed drinks, so you would probably be safe having a few.

[hippychick]

Am I the only one who doesn't think it sounds like either? I've had FP and never got cramping before anyway. But I am an IBS sufferer and cramping is a thing I go through on a regular basis. Not nice. If he had FP or a bug I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have eaten so much so my guess? Something upset his stomach. Which can happen even if it never has before or you mentioned constipation which sometimes can relieve itself this way. It might just need to be chalked up to being one of those things that can't be explained

[kate1966]

Thanks guys....i don't know...but whatever it was is gone i think...now he did say today during 3rd period he had some cramps...but then he said he might have been hungry too b/c he hadn't had lunch yet...so i think he is over whatever it was and i guess i will never know for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess it could have been anything really.


Marby, Rhonda, Kellie, thanks for the advice on the drinking....i absolutely love the drinks that are sweet, that's the only way i can drink them...otherwise it's too bitter for me...so i will not be drinking during the day though especially being in the sun....i would do it in the early evening probably...I am sooooooooooooooooo excited, i have never been to an island before...so this will be a first and all thought i am terrified of getting on that plane, i think the excitement will overshadow the scaredness i know i will have. Rhonda, jump on in my bag, i will smuggle you in if i can


Hippy, I agree with you on this...i don't know what in the world it could have been, but yeah, it could have been neither fp or sv...maybe something just didn't agree with him......thanks alot for your words

[abbey_16]

whats an fp?

[daffodil]

fp=food poisoning

[lkaye29]

Don't drink Smirnoffs if you have the fear of getting sick. My bf got sick off of it and experienced headaches, body aches, and heartburn.