My daughter was SICK!

[shiva]

Anyone else have trouble logging in all weekend??? Bad timing!!!


My daughter was sick all over the place Friday night. She was sick several times within 2 hours. LUCKILY my 15 year old sis and her friend were up here staying the weekend because there is totally NO WAY I could have dealt with it. Even though Jade is 9 and should know better she never once made it to a receptacle. It covered my living room. I hid in my bedroom while my sis and her friend cleaned it up. They were up washing blankets all night for me.


I have no idea what to think. We went out to eat to Famous Dave's BBQ. Jade and I both had chicken and the other 2 had ribs. Then we went to a Halloween Fair where we all had funnel cakes and cocoa. Jade was having a great time, lots of energy, laughing lots... No clues as to what was coming.. We get home and I was saying that my stomach hurt LOTS while I was making a nest for the kids on the floor. (This is about midnight.. 6 hours after eating) Then Jade told me she didn't feel good. She was pale and said her head hurt. She also said her tummy felt sick all over. I asked if she had to poo, she said nope. I asked if she was gonna be sick, she said nope. I got her some tylenol for her head and the second she downed it, it came up.. with lots of other stuff.. Then it was repeated many times. They said it was lots of food. Meanwhile, I was having bad diarhea in the bathroom. It was definitely not stress poops, it was sick poops. (I think) It was really bad and lasted all night, too. I was nauseated, so I took some dramamine and finally it knocked me out. I guess Jade slept all night after that.


She woke up begging me for food. I have let her eat pretzles and snack here and there. Of course I am afraid to let her eat much yet.


My question is.. Do you think we had food poisoning? Or did Jade justhave over indulgence and I just had the poops? I called the resturant and told them that we possibly had food poisoning and they should check into how things are being done before they get more phone calls, they were really nice about it. They offered us a free dinner!!! haha LOL! I said NO THANK YOU! Although it would be nice to have the $50 back I spent on dinner. Oh well.. I don't even know for sure that's what it was.


Anyway... Thanks for listening. Oh.. Another Question.. Does it sound like a virus?? She had no fever and the headache was gone after she got sick the first time.

[mitch04133]

It sounds like she either ate too much, or it was food posioning. Food poisoning may affected her different than you, since she is younger and her body can't handle alot. It sounds like its over though, so I wouldn't worry about a virus. I'm sorry that you couldn't log on when you were panicing, I had the same problem. At least you made it through the weekend.'


Michele

[ontariogirl]

she either ate too much or she has the stomach flu. How are you and Jade doing now shiva? Tyler had the headache and than the vomiting. I hope everything is well.

[stella9]

Who knows? Our pediatrician told us the tell-tale sign is once the v*** stops, the diarhea begins if the illness was a stomach virus. If not, it is probably something else.


A virus, other than a stomach virus, can cause v****.


Stella

[pookey30]

Shiva,


I feel so sorry for you and your daughter. My son v* several times the other Friday and I ended up leaving the house for about 3 hours so I know how you feel.


To me it sounds like bad food. Nobody else had what you ate and they were okay. It was 6 hours after you ate and as Mitch said, her body is smaller so it probably couldn't cope with bad food like your body can. Did you check the chicken before you ate it????? Perhaps it was a bit raw in the middle.


Hope everything is okay now.


Karen


P.S. I had a really bad weekend. I will be putting a post on about it. It is really ironic what happened to me!!!!

[angel13]

Yeah, I couldn't log in either! Just when I wanted some calming down, too...but it was NOTHING compared to what happened to you, shiva!


Wow...I find it amazing that you both ate the same things, yet she was v*ing and you weren't. Either that's emetophobia for you at its best, or maybe she picked up a bug? When I was about 5, I had the same thing - v*ing everywhere through the night. It was awful. Yet no d*, and no fever.


Hmm, its so hard to tell! If it was a virus, she would probably still have it now - they hang around in your system longer than if you've just eaten something weird.


Hope she feels better soon, and that you're doing ok! I totally don't blame you for how you reacted when it happened, I would have been an absolute wreck. I'm sure your sister understood perfectly ^_^


~Julie

[meercat]

I believe it was from the chicken you both ate. Yes, as we get older AND the fact that Emets have an uncanny ability to NOT v*, i think you just started with d* from the food and your poor girl just couldn't handle it as well. But since she is asking for food the following day, tells me she's all better now. I don't think it was viral at all.

[shiva]

Thanks for all the advice! I am really hoping it wasn't viral. I would feel terrible if my little sister or her friend got sick helping me out. My gut instinct was that it was something food related, too. But you know how OUR minds work, I always obsess over it possibly being viral because then I feel like I have to count days and so on.. be on edge for a week. UGH!


She's at school today. I have still been feeding her a mild diet and told her NO Halloween candy until tonight. I'm sure she's fine. She's getting really sick of me asking if she's feeling okay, though.


I am really gratefull that I had help, but now I am so worried for the next time that I am alone. I realized more than ever that I cannot do this. I have no idea what I am going to do. I HATE this phobia. I hate it soooo much. It's freaking stupid.


Anyway, thanks again!

[jesskali]

I'm sorry you had a rough weekend. At least there was someone there with you to help and you didn't have to handle it completely by yourself. I think she probably just ate too much or something just didn't agree with her. I'm glad to hear she is feeling better!

Jess

[gubba]

Sorry for you. My husband V*'d Thursday night, early Friday A.m. and I was a mess. He was in bed all day afetr V* and D* and I had D*. I have no clue if mine was stress over catching his V* or what. I doubt ours was food since my son had nothing happen to him, but he was V*ing last week. Now, if I can survive this for a week for me without V* I will feel like we have this under our belts. It has been taking about a week for people to actually catch it from others in their houses, so if I get past this Thursday, Firday, I know I could always catch it elsewhere, but I will be past this nasty thing.


I hope you guys are better. It sounds like food to me since she wanted to sanck later. My husband was actually asking for a little light breakfast, so who knows. I ate today for the first time since Friday morning. I did have toast etc., but I ate a real sandwich today.


Hope you are all good. and yes...this was an awful weekend to have this site down, since so many of us needed it, but we made it!!!!

[madisonsmom]

How is everything now Shiva? Hope all is well[img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[shiva]

Everything is fine, thanks! [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]


(knock on wood)


My little sister did feel off yesterday, but she thinks it's due to her period and not a sickness.


Jade was BEGGING for halloween candy last night. I let her have 3 pieces.So far I am feeling fine.. I hope that continues.


Thanks again...

[shiva]

I am literally driving myself CRAZY. A girl who sits next to my daughter in class was out yesterday (you guessed it) vomiting. So.. Now I am worried because I want to know whether Jade already had IT if IT is going around her class last week when she was sick, or if that WAS the food and now I have to anticipate her getting IT. I am way over thinking this and I just wish I could make it stop. I hate this. I don't get it. Why can't I just make it stop??? Why can't I think like a NORMAL f***ING PERSON????!!!!! I hate this. I hate me. I hate it. Why in the hell does it have to be this way????


Just needed to vent. I don't know how to get my brain to work right. I swear I am trying.

[missy77]

i know how you are feeling right now shiva. i mean i know how you feel about hating this stupid phobia! i was feeling that sameexact way today. i hate it, i hate me and i hate the way i friggin' think. i often think..."why me", why do i have this phobia. did i do something to someone to make this happen to me? am i a bad person? did i do something to deserve this? i just get so frusturated some times. i needed to vent too.

[shiva]

I often wonder the same thing. I mean, I am logical enough to realize that there are MANY people out there who suffer much worse than me with different things and I am grateful that this is all I have to deal with and otherwise have my health. BUT, this does get pretty hard. It's a DAILY struggle and I just don't want to deal with it anymore. I just wish I could walk away from this phobia. I always thought that I could control this thing when Iwas ready. Either I was wrong or I am not hating it as much as I think because I cannot kick this thing. I am exhausted! I don't know what to do. And I am pissed at myself for being so weak! It's just this huge cycle that I go through and right now I am at the worst of it. All I can think is that I am engaged to an amazing guy who wants kids. I have a child and it's HARD. How can I do it again??? How can I do this again??? Right now I feel like there is absolutely no way I am going to be able to. What the hell??? Why are we like this??? I am hitting rock bottom and I am hitting hard. I have never wanted to just give up like this.

[madisonsmom]

Keep us posted. I hope everything is ok.

[SimplyMe]

I'm so sorry that happened. And yes you CAN do it! If it was only you and Jade you would have done it because you would have had to. You may have panicked and cried and hated every second but you would have found a way even if it was putting her to bed w/ a bucket. I cannot do this are very powerful words, I'm way too guilty of using them myself but they are only as true as we believe them. I'm glad you are both feeling better now. As for the sick girl in her class she could have been sick from too much halloween candy. Not all parents limit the sugar intake plus kids are sneaky when it comes to sugar lol. I hope you are able to relax and enjoy this weekend!

[crystalmom]

So sorry to hear your story. I am thinking that it was the chicken, and the girl in Jade's class is just a coincidence. I hope that you are both feeling well, and that you are feeling stronger (anxiety wise) too!


Thinking about you!


Crystal

[havefaith]

Oh shiva, I am so sorry! How horrible! MY WORST FEAR! My son is 4 and I constantly worry he's going toV*. My sister called me earlier today and had to leave work to pick up my nephew from school because he V* in his lunch tray. GROSS!!! We were at their house this weekend for a birthday party so I'm just getting myself all worked up and anxiously waiting for a call from my babysitter that my son is sick. I take klonopin twice a day for panic attacks and I already took an extra half this afternoon to try and settle my nerves. I hate being this way! Any suggestions for helping me calm down? I know I'm not going to want to eat all night and any time my son whines, coughs, sneezes, or anything for the next day or two I'm going to think he's sick. I hate being this way. I feel so stupid and irrational.