Well I may have spoken too soon about my daughter being fine. When I went to meet her from school her teacher met me in the playground to tell me that my daughter had been complaining of a tummy ache all afternoon. She then told me to keep an eye on her as there is a horrible bug going around the school. I really did not need to hear this. She continued to tell me that 4 children in her class had been absent with the bug. I definately did not need to hear this.


Anyway, my daughter did not seem too bad once we got home. She said her tummy felt fine and ate her dinner. Then about 15 minutes ago ahe woke up crying and told me she had tummy ache. She was quite hot, so I gave her a little drink and asked if she was alright. She told me she was and turned over to go back to sleep. Now I am starting to panic. I was just starting to relax and think she was safe after my son being ill, now I hear that there is a sv going round her school. Her tummy ache may be nothing, but after the week I have had with my son I am already assuming the worse. I don't know how I will cope if I have to go through all this again with my daughter.


To make things worse, my friend called just after school and asked if I could look after her 10 year old son whilst she went shopping. She said he had a bit of a headache and did not want to go. As usual I could not say no. About 5 minutes after he arrived, he told me he felt really s*. I was horrified. I just wanted him out of my house. The thought of someone else's child being s* in my house was just too much. I had to leave the room. I was shaking more than ever and in tears. It was the longest half hour of my life waiting for my friend to return. When she did arrive, the first thing her son did was ask if she had got him any sweets. I could not believe it. I think the littleboy was just saying it to trick me. He was perfectly alright when he left. I wont be looking after him again.


My son seems a little bit better today, just very tired and miserable. Hopefully he is over the worst of it now and hopefully my daughter just has one of those unexplained tummy aches and not anything nasty. I am not feeling very confident about it though.