Monday night, I got a text from a friend asking if anyone else had kids throwing up who had come over to the bbq Saturday. I said no, and I didn’t know of anyone that had been sick. Not long after that text, another one came through from another friend saying her girls were throwing up. We didn’t know if it was heat exhaustion from being at the lake, or actually sick. Well, at midnight, Jameson came out of his room crying because he threw up. I got his sheets changed, everything cleaned (not easy to do when 9 months pregnant and his bed is the top bunk) put him back in bed, crawled in my own, only to hear him crying. I knew that meant it happened again. So, I stripped his bed again, threw the next load in the wash, pulled his mattress off and put it on my floor. I remade the bed, and gave him a bowl. I finally got back in bed at 2:30 am. I was awake off and on the 2 hours, though, listening to him to make sure he didn’t puke again. I got to sleep till about 8. Then he woke up with diarrhea, followed by puking. I pulled the mattress from my room and put it on the floor in front of the tv. He spent the whole day running to the bathroom or throwing up.

I called the doctor when we hit 12 hours and it was still going on. We made an appointment for later that day in case it was still going on. Just when I thought I was in the clear and going to cancel the appointment, he threw up again. So, we headed to the doctor that evening where all they could tell me was that it might be food poisoning. The only way to tell would be to take samples. So I decided if he didn’t get better, I would do the not so fun samples, and if he did… forget the samples.

Luckily, he didn’t throw up anymore, and he started to keep food and water down. I thought it might be food poisoning, but 7 of the 8 families we had over were dealing with the same thing, and the kids didn’t eat the same stuff. Then, we found out the 8th family had been sick earlier in the week but were feeling fine by Saturday. All we can conclude is that they were still carrying this nasty stomach flu and passed it on.

I was so grateful Ella didn’t get it. In some ways, it was easier. Jameson and Ella hardly fought, because Jameson didn’t care. He laid around for 2 days. By Thursday, he was feeling better, but still not looking so good.

It was a long week with Jameson sick, and Kevin out of town. Not to mention I was slightly sunburned and 9 months pregnant. But, we made it. Kevin was able to get things done so that he doesn’t have to leave again next week. So the kids got to wake up to him home Saturday morning, and he gave me a break this weekend. I’m just glad he doesn’t have to leave again for a while.