Saturday, November 6, 2010

Hurricane Rotavirus/Tummy Bug

Our household was hit with a horrible tummy bug this past week. Walker started throwing up on Tuesday...then Lainey started throwing up at 4:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, then I started throwing up around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, and finally Ben started throwing up at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday evening. Goodness. I think we are on the mend (for the most part). The doctor diagnosed Walker with Rotavirus (Lainey got the same thing when she was his age) and then he gave it to all of us. It's a powerful bug! And it's miserable! The kids had it the worst (as expected) and are still suffering from some lingering, unpleasant side effects but I am feeling pretty well and Ben is getting there...I feel that by tomorrow he should be feeling pretty well. Hopefully, that is!

This picture was taken Wednesday night. We were so happy at this point because Walker was feeling better but we had no idea what was about to hit us. :)

We've been hanging out at our house quite a bit so as to not infect anyone else with this yuckiness. This morning we painted - and we pulled out ALL of the paints. And Lainey made a giant mess but had a great time. As soon as she started painting her legs, I decided that it was time to call it quits. We headed for the bathtub at that point!

counting the paintbrushes

2 comments:

Kelley Loredo said...

Awe - they are so cute! Sorry this has been so awful in your house! We must have had something else - either that or it was mild mild mild. Hoping you are better! In the meantime, we have also been inside - hoping to not infect anyone with anything, and we painted, too. It's like ESP... Can't wait to play outside next week!

Dustin & Kate said...

Oh my gosh, Abby! I didn't know you and Ben got sick too. You poor things! What a week you've had! Here's hoping the rest of the winter is much healthier for all of you.
Oh, and the pics of Lainey painting are precious!