Today the barf toll in my class moved from 2 up to 5 with another three children complaining of stomach aches and one cheerfully telling me that she had "die-a-reeeee-ah" adding that "it's alright, my Mum already knows."
My daughter has succombed to the chunder wonder too and currently I am trying hard to ignore the queezy feeling that's ruminating in my belly region.
My neighbour cheerfully told me of her two weeks of hurling and ... (well best not mention the rest eh?) as I took Small Son to school this morning.
I refuse to become another victim of this bully-boy bug. I am well. I am cheerful . I am happy.
(Actually I have a bit of a headache and really my tummy's not feeling great.)
7 comments:
Oh no! It looks like Kiersten's barf fairies flew to England for the week!
Hope you get a mild case at worst and nothing at best. And that your kids all pull through this quickly. Interesting that they come to school sick. Seems like parents here keep their kids home if they so much as sniffle. But maybe that's just the parents I've known.
Natalie I hope she won't mind but I'm hoping they freeze to death while they're visiting.
Is it weird that I now feel bad for wishing ill on an illness?
Sarah there's a couple of things at play here 1) people regularly send their sick kids into school rather than take a day off work. Normally the school just calls them back to come get their kids anyway. I think it gets people off the hook at work if they are called away rather than choosing to stay at home. 2) The bug in question seems to strike very suddenly about an hour or two after eating by which time they are at school. Being a working parent isn't easy. However the rule, when it comes to bugs like this one, is that the kids have to stay home.
Daughter is much better this afternoon and I'm much better after having some fresh air. I think being surrounded by sickness was making me queezy rather than having the bug myself. Fingers crossed eh!
Keep those positive thoughts! They've worked for me-- thinking myself well during one of those household epidemics. I'd swear my immune system really does listen!
:)
"It's OK, my mommy already knows!"
Oh good god. My wife taught in a preschool (sometimes known as a "pee school" because some of the kids still needed help with the bathroom even though they were supposed to be potty trained) and often had to deal with other people's children's messes. In my book, there's a HUGE difference between your own kid's bodily messes and someone else's kid's messes. Gak.
Oh no! You poor thing. These bugs seem to become more virulent and spread further afield. I had an email from a friend here this morning, complaining of something very similar.
I just don't know why people send their kids to school when they're sick or why people go to work when they're ill, especially when they work in the food halls and deli sections of supermarket chains - which is where it inevitably floods from.
I do so hope you won't succumb!
Oh, I hope you don't catch the bug. ;(
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