Yesterday, Rowan started coughing, enough to have the humidifier going whenever he slept. He seemed to cough a lot last night, so I was a little worried to be bringing him with me today for my all-day childcare job. Little did I know, he would be the least of my problems...
Ellie started complaining that her stomach hurt after we arrived at the house of the boy I watch. I suggested she might be hungry or might need to use the bathroom. We remedied both of those situations, and she seemed fine. Until about 2 hours after eating her oatmeal, when it all came up on their rug. For those wondering, it looks pretty much the same coming out as going in :) (Are any of you ever going to eat oatmeal again?)
I thought that maybe this was a fluke and it was from all her running around, but it was not. When she threw up a couple hours after lunch, I called the mom and asked if she could plan on driving us home today instead of us taking the bus. She is wonderful, and came home an hour early and drove us home. Thank goodness, or Ellie would have been puking on the bus. As soon as she got out of the van, she knelt down on the sidewalk and threw up again. Luckily by now I have figured out it is about 2 hours after eating, so I was able to run into her room with a bowl just now and save a big mess.
The odd thing is, Ellie does not have a fever, but Rowan does (and is still miserably coughing). Wish us luck tomorrow!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Just call me "Nurse Kirsten"
Posted by Kirsten at 8:53 PM
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6 comments:
Oh, how sad! I'm glad you're fast enough to catch the puke. And thanks for the image of oatmeal. Good luck tomorrow. Are you taking them to the doctor?
Tara
No, no doctor unless they don't get better. Besides, I've figured out that to get to our doctor, which is a 10 minute drive tops, is a 45 minute bus ride with 2 transfers, or a 30 minute bus ride with a decent walk. Hmm, I think we'll just go if absolutely necessary :)
Oh yuck! Kyle just got over the coughing/fever thing...lasted about a week with the fever coming and going, but we never went to the doctor. His buddy Gabriel just had the throwing up thing and it only lasted 24 hours...I am crossing my fingers that everyone will be feeling well soon!
Sorry to hear you have sickies....hope they get to feeling better really quick! I heard Rowan coughing a little when he called me the other day... Yes..thanks for the oatmeal description!
Love you,,,,
Mom
I hope the kids are feeling better tomorrow! =)
Oatmeal is my regular lunch here at work. Nice thoughts can be going through my head now (gee, thanks). Hope everybody is back to normal. Those 18 eggs you talk about in your latest blog...can you PLEASE tell me what they look like coming back up? hehe!
--Aunt Karen
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