omgosh, just moved to Japan and my 7 yr old Vd in my kitchen

[jbsmom]

Please someone tell me I am overreacting. I am so freaking out! We moved to Japan a week ago. My 7 yr old has pretty much been hanging in the house cause he doesnt have friends yet. This evening he went bowling with his new found friend. I didnt go so I didnt have control over what he was doing. He drank 3 sodas. ate a little bit of chicken lumpia. He came home fine and then about 10 minutes after we got home he V*d in my kitchen. Then I of course had to clean it up. He did this around 30 minutes ago and is taking a bath. He acts normal right now but could he have a virus. How long does it usually take for someone to V again if its a virus?

[Ana Bellini]

When I had a virus, it was around two hours. I think he's just drank too much soda.

[jbsmom]

He has been fine since he V*d and he just fell asleep. I wonder if I have anything to worry about throughout the night.

[jbsmom]

About 10 more minutes and it will have been about 2 hrs since he V*d. If we make it another hour or so even though he is sleeping do you think we will be in the clear? Should i go to bed? He is in a room with his older brother and i just dont think that his brother will wake up to help him or come let me know if it happens again.

[spilled_milk]

He might just not be used to the food in Japan (new place and all), and that is a LOT of soda for a small boy! If he hasn't even felt nauseous since I really think it was just a one time thing and not a virus. Hope he feels better and that you do too!

[fixxxer2012]

Odd question but why did you move to japan? It was probably something he ate.

[artoo16]

Def. to much soda for a 7 year old. Plus, he was probably all excited about hanging out with his new friend, and so was wound up to begin with. With a virus, it seems that someone will v* every 20 min. to couple of hours, if it's longer than two hours, he's probably fine, just feed him something plain tomorrow morning to keep his tummy settled.

[jbsmom]

Thanks to you all! He was fine the next morning and so far everyone has been ok. To answer the qusetion of why i moved to Japan, my husband is in the army and we requested to get stationed here because my mother is Japanese and I have lots of family here.

[jbsmom]

Spoke too soon. I have D now. My stomach started hurting a little while ago but I thought it was from the heat. I was fine all day just as my son was went for a run this morning, then came home, ate a little bit of rice and seaweed, nothing unusual, then ate a peach, and a cou-ple of hours later had a pear. Went to see my dog then walked to the commissary, drank a tea and ate some chips. Came home and thats when my stomach started. Can the heat make you have D?

[out_of_order]

You've been so anxious about your son vomiting, it's probably all that stress causing your diarrhea. Sip some tea, eat bland light foods, give your gut a break for a day or two, relax as best you can, you'll be fine.

[artoo16]

Heat can cause diarrhea too, mixed with the stress, I wouldn't worry about it. Diarrhea doesn't equal throwing up nearly as often as we think. I'm sure you are fine. Rest a bit, and stay hydrated!