My boyfriends son is v*!!!!

[mitch04133]

I am totally freaking out right now. My boyfriend called me this morning, and he said that he picked up his son from school cause he called him and said he didn't feel well. When he got home hev*. My boyfriend said that he has only v* once and he is up in bed with a headache. Sounds like a sv virus right? I was over their all weekend Friday-Sunday night, and I am so scared that I will get it. What do you guys think?? I wan't there when he didn't feel well, and he felt fine all weekend. He went to a friends house on Saturday night, but I made him wash his hands when he got home. For dinner last night we had grilled cheeses and soup. His son ate different soup than us, could that have made him sick?? It was Campbell's steak fajita soup. I don't know what to think or what to do... It's been so long since I have had a real scare, that I am freaking out completely. My stomach is in knots, and plus I am on my period so I already don't feel good.


So what are my chance of catching this thing?? Should I worry?? Will it come soon if I do?? My boyfriend is feeling fine....and really so am I, but I am just filled with anxiety. And plus, his son nver v*, they both told me that the other day....so it has to be something right?? I hate feeling like this,help!!


Michele

[stella9]

Can't tell you for sure what it is. I think it is a wait and see game. If he goes all day without V***, the one episode does not consititute a sv. He could have V*** from the headache, fever or general malaise.


How long ago did he v**? Has he v*** since?


Stella

[mitch04133]

No one has any input?? That scares me.


Anyway, my boyfriend said that his son only v* once but he still has a headache, andthe v*was thesoup andsandwich from last night. Him and his son had grilled ham cheese sandwiches. He thinks the ham may have been old, it is over a week old so...but my boyfriend felt fine, but different things affect people differently right?? His son is already eating and is asking if he can go trick or treating tonight so that is a good sign I think. His son is 14, so he is not young enough to be just v* for the fact of v*. Do you guys think it was the food?? I sure hope it was.


I myself have calmed down a bit, and my stomach is even growling, but I am ignoring it for now. I ate 1/2 a banana to tie me over. I just hope its not a virus....

[mitch04133]

Thanks Stella, he v* only once and that was around 830am, and he has had a headache still, but he has an appetite. I don't know about a fever though...

[tcsarah]

I posted you a reply hours ago but it didn't go through and I've only just been able to get back on the site - been having problems with posts and getting on here all day. Anyway here's what I said....


It isn't necessarily a sv that your boyfriend's son has - kids tend to v* from all manner of things, it could be something he ate or even having a bad headache (does he suffer from migraines?)could havemade him sick. I also think if he only v*ed once and isn't complaining ofstomach ache (if he mentioned to his dad he had a headache he would have also told him he had stomach pains) then it's not a sv.


I also find if worse comes to worse and us emets do get a sv more often than not we are effected at the other end and not with v*ing. And as much as diarrhoea is unpleasant I bet all of us would agree that it's preferable to v*ing!


Try and stay calm and think positively, any funny feelings you get in your stomach or any queesiness will I'm sure just be due to worry and anxiety and NOTto having caught something from your boyfriend's son. I'm sure you'll be just fine.


Tracey

[gubba]

michele...i have a 3 year old son and i must tell you that a headache can cause them to V*. It is probably not and SV, and you are safe if you are still o.k. That SV thing goes fast from one to the other and your boyfriend would have had it first. You are fine I would imagine and just remember that I said that about the headache. My son gets his "HEAD PAIN" and I know that V* will follow shortly and it is not an SV. Kids just do things differently and that headache was enough to cause the V*.


Hope that helps...

[mitch04133]

He went trick or treating, and he called me saying that he was fine and only v* once. God I feel like a jack ass sometimes with this phobia. I have to have reassurance from a 14yr old. Anyway, he v* then the got the headache. I am beginning to think it was what he ate last night. He ate fine this afternoon and is feeling back to normal, and if it was a sv I would like to think that he probably wouldnt still be feeling good. My boyfriend has gone through the entire house lysoling everything down and disinfecting. And he will do it agian before I come over.


So I am still hoping it was the food, cause if it was a virus, he would still be sick right? My boyfriend is fine, and is at work, I don't feel sick at all either. How long before I would get sick??

[mommyof3]

Well, the way Iusually look at it is thatif someone v* from something that doesn't really sound like a sv*, and only does it once, odds are that even if you "caught" whatever it is he had you wouldn't v*. Did he have d* and the whole bit? Usually that's how I tell if it's a sv*. It's hard to say how long it would be before you came down with it if you caught it, I usually notice it's 5 days between my kids . You did mention his age; he isn't really at the age that you would have been really close to him, wiping his mouth or his bottom like you would a younger child so you probably weren't even really exposed to the virus anyway.

[PhilB]

You'll be just fine. Doesn't sound like a sv to me either.

[shiva]

Michele,


Sorry I didn't see your post sooner. I am kinda in the same boat you are. My daughter was sick almost the same way your boyfriend's son was. Vomiting and a headache, then begging for food. I keep telling myself it was a fluke or a food thing because it really doesn't seem like a virus would come and go that fast, so that is what I am going to suggest to you as well. The one good thing is.. even if it happens to be a virus, we know it is a quickie and that's taking a huge amount of worry off our backs.


I am thinking since you weren't in the room when he got sick and since you are more than likely good about washing your hands and such that you will definitely be fine. It very well could have been the food... I mean, wouldn't that have been digested by morning??? It might have been something about the ham or the different soup.


I am glad he is feeling better and hope he had a good Halloween. Hope you did as well. Take Care and hang in there.

[mitch04133]

I am jusr doing ok right now. I refuse to eat, and I don't know if that is why I feel sick or what. I am just so sick of this dam phobia. I can not revolve my life around v* anymore. I can't take the stress. My boyfriend is being great about answer all the emet questions, I asked him if he was mad, he said no but it was frustrating. I just didn't like that answer, it made me feel like he doesn't want to deal with it, and when someone close to us v* its the worst feeling for us emets, and I am in no emotional state to be told that dealing with me is frustrating. Maybe I'm being sensitive, but no one else except us emets knows what we go through and I can't help it, its my worst fear.

I just really hate this........

[shiva]

I'm with you.. Everyone was getting pissed at me over the weekend, too. I just wish I could understand exactly what it is I am supposed to learn from this. I hate it, too. I beat myself up so much over this damn phobia. I just don't understand. I mean, if our minds are strong enough to create this, can't we just STOP IT!!!???


All I can say is that even though he is frustrated I would try not to take it too personally. I think if I didn't have this problem, people like me would frustrate me as well. I have friends with other kinds of problems and I try to be sympathetic because I know what it feels like when no one seems to understand, but I must admit, it can be very frustrating. But, I still love them and would do anything for them. I am sure that's how he's feeling. It's even harder when you love the person because you want to help soooo much and there is nothing you can do. I think that is most frustrating.


How are you feeling otherwise? How's the anxiety? How is the boyfriend's son?

[mitch04133]

The son is fine he went to school today, so it couldn't be a sv right? My anxiety is down cause he recovered so fast. I am out and about today, to take my mind of things. I have to work tomorrow so I am sure my anxiety will be up.

And you right shiva, I should get to upset, cause this phobia is very frustrating. Thanks.

[liriodendron]

Nah, not to worry.

If it truly was, he'd have been in the bathroom all day.



Just to be sure, why not call out the hazmat team and setup a decontamination unit and have them hose down the kid, LOL.

That's a joke.

[mitch04133]

Well, I have had a good emet day, but my anxiety is a little high since I just got over my boyfriends. It's Wed night and his son v* Mon morning, but I am still nervous. I got over here and disinfected all the door knobs and I am being careful not to tough my face, I am not sure if it was a sv or not, but he v* once and that was the end. He felt fine and has been going to school, but I disinfected just in case.... I hate this phobia. But on the plus side, at work today everyone ordered chinese food, and I wanted to fit in, so I ordered and actually ate chicken. I haven't eaten chinese food let alone chicken in YEARS. I actually am feeling fine. I never was nervous, I was just so hungry I ate it. But I am more nervouse about being at my boyfriends house where the v* incident occured over 6Ohrs ago...go figure. But the best thing to do is face our fears right??


Michele

[shiva]

Wow! I am actually very envious of you. I have been craving general tso's chicken and haven't been able to eat it for a long time due to just plain paranoia (nothing even ever happened, i just only eat chicken now when i cook it) So way to go! I hope it was YUMMY!

[carmagnet]

I've read that MOST cases where a person is V is NOT an SV it is almost always something they ate. I know in our heads that brings not much solice but it did help me knowing that just because someone is Ill does not mean I will nessasarily get sick. It could have been that the meat wasn't BAD it just didn't sit right in his stomache.