I'm new here, for starters, so I don't know if I'm doing anything right but I am in desperate need of some help here.
I'm absolutely petrified of getting a bug or doing it and have managed to avoid the grossness since Christmas of 2009 by some miracle. I'm terrible with panic attacks, and whenever I have a panic attack, I think I have a stomach bug, and I just fall apart. The attacks have been under control for the last few weeks. But here I am now, in complete terror because of my job. I'm a nanny, and so far, I have had absolutely no problem with the kids getting sick. They've had colds, but a stuffy nose and cough don't scare me any. Yesterday at 3:30pm the oldest of the two boys I watch came home saying he had a terrible headache and was very tired, so I gave him some tylenol and let him take a nap. I left three hours later, and around 9pm got a phone call from the Mom saying that Charlie, the boy, woke up shortly after I left and had been violently v-ing for the last several hours. I had just spent three hours playing with this boy, in close proximity with him, and was thrown into a whirlwind panic attack, so badly I couldn't catch my breath and I was crying. (Normally I get terrified and horrible things happen but I have never cried when having a panic attack before.) I had washed my hands a couple times while at their house because I've got a natural aversion to germs and not knowing who's touched things before I have. This whole ordeal was 30 hours ago, and I still haven't done the V, although my high anxiety makes me feel like I'm going to. I know these things take between 12-48 hours to get worked into the system, so am I in the clear or not?
Another thing, since I'm the nanny, I have to go over tomorrow morning and put both boys on the bus for school, and get them off the bus in the afternoon. I'm petrified, because now these germs are ALL OVER the house, on every flat surface, in the air, on everything imaginable, and there's no getting out of it. Going to this house tomorrow is a death wish, right? I'm terrified. Is there any way for me to go to this house tomorrow and NOT get sick? I already plan on washing my hands every time I touch something, and I'm wearing a scarf that puffs up and covers my mouth some, in hopes to keep the germs out of my airway.

Long story short, I was exposed 30 hours ago, am I safe?
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I have to go into the battle zone tomorrow, how can I keep myself safe?
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thankyou, I'm already very grateful for this website