hmm...everyone’s sick!

[shereerenee]

So I found out tuesday that my neighbors son was up all night with horrible v* and d*. Then that same day, I find out my neighbors son on the other sid eof me had it last week too! They are surrounding me. I am frightened. It sounds like a doosy of a bug! I so hope my family and I don't get it. We weren't really around the sickies, but we were around their parents recently, but non of them have been sick so far! I am just wondering though... about a moth ago I had some serious d* for about 5 hours. It wasn't the kind I get when I am panicky. It just came out of no where and I have only had d* like that once before when I was terribly sick. I wonderif maybe I already caught the bug... I hope so!





~sheree

[peachykeen]

I know, everyone here seems to be ill too. The sv that's going around
here has been lasting 5-7 days - how horrible!! And that's not feeling
lousy for 5-7 days, but v*and d* for the entire time!! I'm terrified that
we're going to get it - it's driving me nuts!! It's been going for about a
week now, so I've been told, and I'm hoping that in another week or so
it'll die back down.

[shiva]

Peachy,
Do you know for sure that people are having it come out of both ends for a week straight? Because logic tells me that would put someone in the hospital. Sometimes people exagerate, kwim?

[peachykeen]

That's what I was told by my peds office yesterday.....they're seeing
kids that are v* for a day, feel a bit better the next day, then v*ing
again for 3-5 more days. Not constant v*, like every hour or anything,
but several times a day. I talked to Gubba (another member here) on
the phone yesterday, she lives in the same city as I, and she also
confirmed what I'd heard. She talked to a woman that had it for 5 days
and said it's the sickest she's ever been in her life. I think that woman
ended up going to the dr. and got some phenergan and anti-d* meds
and that they both worked well. So I guess, coming from a dr. and
then from someone that's experienced it, I'd say that's pretty accurate,
unfortunately. [img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img]

[ontariogirl]

Ok this is the "Hell" of all stomach virus's.

[madisonsmom]

I hate this sh*t!


Spring PLEASE hurry!

[crystalmom]

Please come spring! I have this feeling of impending doom, like it's gonna hit me and my son, soon [img]smileys/smilies_03.gif[/img] Oh please, no! [img]smileys/smilies_25.gif[/img]


Crystal

[aar13]

I too have the feeling of doom and I can't take it anymore. I can't sleep at night because I'm just so scared that one of us is going to wake up with it! UGH! I can't take this anymore. And the sv* that's going around that last 5-7 days sounds extremely horrible, I don't know what I would do.

[tabycat]

NOw I"m scared that my bf has this sv that lasts 5-7 days, I'm really hping it's just a 48 hour thing and it won't ruin our Valentine's day like it did last year

[jennyleigh1975]

The sickness you guys are describing that is lasting so long sounds like what my sons teacher had a few weeks ago. She only had one night og v'ing, but she had diarrhea and felt bad for about 5 days. I am hoping that maybe it is dying down here, I am trying to be hopeful anyway. I had to take my youngest in to the doctor yesterday (she wasnt sick, it was for something else) and the office was pretty slow, so I took that as a good sign.

I am just so ready for this month to be over, I know we all are!!

[tabycat]

amen to that!

[donna1216]

THe one I had I felt bad--not my stomach the whole time--for about 10 days!!

[rileyl]

One other note, I know for a fact (because I have done it with my kids), that you can prolong the v'g and d* by starting back on regular food too soon, especially dairy products. My pedatrician said that some the the sv's can make you lactose intolerant for a period of time. Sticking to the BRAT diet until your digestive system has completely recovered seems to help a lot. It is possible that people with days ofv'g and d* could be aggravating their systems in this way.