Sick of feeling sick (maybe TMI for some people)

After barely recovering from the stupid bronchitis, now my house has been battling the stomach flu. I started with it on Tuesday;just didn't feel quite right all day. Steve had been home sick with his bout of the chest cold so I made him a big batch of chicken pot pie. SO not fair! I couldn't even eat any of it!!! While I was rolling out the dough, I begged him to take over with the cooking because I was either going to puke or pass out. I felt better when I sat down and rested, but as soon as he brought me my plate of pot pie I ran for the bathroom.

Poor Stefanie. She cried because I left the room without. She could tell something was wrong. She talked daddy into letting her come out of the living room and promptly opened the bathroom door and started stroking my hair (and trying to look in the toilet to see what was so interesting in there that mommy was studying it so closely). I couldn't even put her to bed without running to the bathroom every 10-15 minutes. Poor baby. She finally was tired enough that 10 minutes did it for her. I spent the rest of the night (until 3am anyway) sitting on the toilet and hurling into the trash can. There was NOTHING left, yet I couldn't stop heaving. I spent Wednesday in bed. That's 3 sick incidents just this year! Totally not normal for me.

Stef only threw up once before I got her up Wednesday then seemed fine. We started her on the clear liquids diet and moved on up to light solids by the end of the day with no problems. So Thursday, my mother-in-law put her back on her regular menu. Eggs and toast for breakfast. But then she wouldn't eat anything the rest of the day. Apparently it was because her breakfast was still sitting in her tummy all day long. As I was putting her to bed, she burped a VERY wet burp. She let out 4 or 5 heaves and I was covered in eggs, toast, water, and juice. Lovely. I surprised myself at how calm I stayed for her sake. "Uh-oh. Let's clean this up"

She threw up again at 11pm and at 11:45pm. It was quiet the rest of the night, but she was NOT ready to get up this morning. Very clingy and whiney. My mom has her now and last I heard, she's feeling MUCH better. We'll see how tonight goes.