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  • #1

    Has anyone....

    had the flu or a GI bug yet? It sucks! DH was gone Sunday through Tuesday night for boards to come back to take call on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. I came down with the stomach flu on Wednesday night. It was the worst night of my life. I passed out twice and hit my head on the wall from being so dehydrated and weak. DH had to come home in the middle of the night to help me and take me to the ER the next morning for fluids. My neighbor came to stay with our kids while we went to the dr and when she saw me she asked if she could pray for me because I looked so bad.

    It is going on the 4th day now and I am still very weak. It has never lasted this long before. In the meantime, my kids have come down with it and DH has a mild case but refuses to skip work. I have tons of laundry to do now.

    Kids are so resilient! My 3 yr old just :: and got right back up and asked where her food was.

    Stay away from the flu if you can!
    Needs
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    Sounds awful!!! I hope you are on the mend. We haven't had it, but the department's fellow had both his kids in the hospital recently with GI stuff. Sounds nasty. I think I'll buy some Lysol tomorrow . Feel better soon.

    Angie
    Angie
    Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
    Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

    "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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    • #3
      yikes!!! I hope you're feeling better. There's nothing worse than feeling so awful and still having to cope with the kids.
      Seeing as how I'm not getting a flu shot this year, I'm sure we'll have some sick time as well.
      Enabler of DW and 5 kids
      Let's go Mets!

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      • #4
        My goodness, I hope you are up on your feet soon. That sounds terrible, are you sure it wasn't food poisoning?? You are lucky you weren't seriously injured from passing out.
        I got salmonella food poisoning in 2003 from eating raw eggs in cake dough and was so dehydrated from constant vomitting that I couldn't get out of bed for 2 days. Terrible! And after reading Fast Food Nation I am totally paranoid about food poisoning!
        DH brought home the flu about 1 month ago. Of course I got it worse than him and it turned in to bronchitis. Hopefully that's it for the both of us for the rest of the winter!
        That's too funny about your 3 year old! :yum:

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        • #5
          That is bad, 4 days! I hope your feeling better now. I hate the flu and DH or the kids is always bringing it home. I honestly think the worst thing is the laundry, eww. We usually get a fall and spring flu/stomach virus. Sometimes Dh and I are lucky enough to escape it sometimes not.

          My kids are like that too, they just usually throw up and go on with life, not dh though you'd swear the world was coming to and end if he gets the sniffles so you can imagine if it is anything worse than that.

          On the bright side you and your family will probably go through the holidays sickness free! I hope you have a healthier, restfull coming week!


          (to add on the salmonella thing, I am afraid of that so I always buy salmonella free eggs (without a shell) everyone thinks I'm nuts!)

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          • #6
            Jennifer,

            That sounds horrible! I hope you are all feeling back to normal soon. We have been fairly healthy around here.....I hope it continues.

            Sally
            Wife of an OB/Gyn, mom to three boys, middle school choir teacher.

            "I don't know when Dad will be home."

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            • #7
              Yuck! Ihope everybody is feeling better. My daughter spiked a 103 temp for 3 days, then proceeded to develop this AWFUL looking rash. I guess it's probably roseola. Anybody out there dealt with this? The fever's gone, but now she is SO irritable and she has terrible diarrhea. She's pretty miserable and not really sleeping well at all, poor baby. Hope everybody's better soon.

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              • #8
                My son had roseola when he was about 10 months - it was aweful for a few days - he spiked up to 105! Then it went down and the rash came - the pediatritian said just to keep him comfortable, get fluids in him, and ride it out. It was not fun, but he didn't have any lasting effects from it. On the bright side of it, because they were nursing at the time, the dr said that Sarah (his twin) would probably just get the antibodies from him and become immune to it.

                The hardest part was seeing him go through it and not be able to comprehend what it was and when he would get better. Good luck with getting through it - I think you are through the worst part now...

                Jen B.

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                • #9
                  That sounds horrible! I hope your family gets well soon--it's so hard especially when mom is sick! We haven't gotten sick yet, although me and two of the kids are battlng a cough/cold combo. Keeps me up at night which sucks. I'm so not looking forward to flu season!
                  Awake is the new sleep!

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                  • #10
                    Thank you. I am finally feeling better, just a little tired. Both kids are on the mend. It turned out not to be food poisoning although I had most of the symptoms. It was plain old stomach flu with no unusal bacteria. This episode has us thinking we need to move closer to our families.

                    Jennifer
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