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kalanamak Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Everyone is happier if they are sick in their own little bedsy-wedsies, with good broth from Mama. IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'd probably stick it out, but I'm weird that way. If it's a 24-hour bug, you are practically done with it already. I do hate those long pukey nights, though. I'd take a rest day Tuesday at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. :eek::ack2: I would rather stick it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would not handle driving anywhere, much less 4 hours, with ANYONE vomiting in the backseat. I'D be queasy by the time we got home. Plus, there's a good chance this could pass and you could continue on for a beautiful vacation, kwim? Is there also a chance your daughter is just queasy because of the other child being sick? That happens here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would stick it out for one more day and see how it goes. If it doesn't improve I'd probably go home on Weds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. :eek::ack2: I would rather stick it out. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. :eek::ack2: I would rather stick it out. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would stick it out - driving with sick kids barfing all over the place is not fun - and the motion of the car is not fun for the poor sickie, either. We had a tummy flu go through all three of us kids during a week on vacation growing up - folks never got it, as each of us kids only missed a day or so. When we were not feeling ill, we got to go out fishing with Dad, etc. I am sure Mom did not enjoy the vacation, though. When we had our two+ week roadtrip East planned out and were ready to go (D.C., Williamsburg, Gettysburg, etc. etc.) the boys got the tummy flu the week before the trip. No one else got it - but we HAD to leave before one boy was done being ill. No fun driving with a green-faced child hugging a barf bucket (and pulling into a Walmart in Ohio to run in and buy a bag of cheap undershirts to put him in - along with paper towels and Lysol since he missed the bucket :ack2: ) You do NOT want to drive with a sick child! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 For me it would depend on how close we were to going home anyway. I would hate to have 4 more days left on vacation and leave then get home and everyone was well. Although barfing kids in a car doesn't sound like much fun either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Stick it out. You can take care of them just as well there- more easily than you can in the car on such a long ride...and you might still get a couple of days of vacation out of it if the others recover as quickly as your oldest seemed to! Sorry the first few days are going so poorly, hope they all feel better very soon and that you guys don't get sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I was that kid who had to travel 550 miles with a stomach bug. I begged my dad to stop and get a hotel; I would even pay for it. (I was 13) Stay where you are until they feel a little better - please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiejane Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. :eek::ack2: I would rather stick it out. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. :eek::ack2: I would rather stick it out. This. I would stick it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. :eek::ack2: I would rather stick it out. :iagree: I'll do pretty much anything to avoid being in a car with someone who is barfing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 No way I would put vomiting kids in a car! Plus, stomach bugs tend to be over fairly quickly. I'd stick it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassoonaroo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I am guessing that at this point, you all are "almost done" with it. Keep washing your hands (and have dh do the same) and don't let the newly recovered touch others' food (ie. don't have the recovered 8 yo make PBJs for everyone...). I am guessing that if you decide to bail out, you'll have a horrible trip home and within hours, everyone will feel fine and wish to still be on vacation... Stick it out and ruin the rental's carpet -- come home healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'd stick it out because I wouldn't want them puking in the car for 4 hours. I'd rather have them puke in a hotel with and endless supply of clean towels and room service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. :eek::ack2: I would rather stick it out. :iagree: Exactly. I wouldn't want to travel with vomiting children. That woudl be even worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'd stick it out only because it seems to be a fast illness and no one wants to be stuck in a car for 4 hours with barfing kids. I would stick it out where a toilet is readily available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 If the choice is being in a car with vomiting people and staying put with vomiting people, I'd stay put. I hope things get better soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Researcher Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 If the choice is being in a car with vomiting people and staying put with vomiting people, I'd stay put. I hope things get better soon! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would not handle driving anywhere, much less 4 hours, with ANYONE vomiting in the backseat. I'D be queasy by the time we got home. Plus, there's a good chance this could pass and you could continue on for a beautiful vacation, kwim? Is there also a chance your daughter is just queasy because of the other child being sick? That happens here. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 We would head home and save they money that would have been spent on the last few days for a vacation later in the year (when everyone could enjoy it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would hate to drive with vomiting children, and have to clean the car afterwards. I would rather stick it out. I would stay. Nobody wants to travel while throwing up. They should get over it pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 If the choice is being in a car with vomiting people and staying put with vomiting people, I'd stay put. I hope things get better soon! LOL - I actually agree with this too, though! So, I am absolutely NO help since this totally contradicts my original suggestion. :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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happyhomemaker25 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I just had this. I was about 8 hours from home at a friend's house. I got it the day before we were supposed to travel home. The friend I'd travelled with wanted to leave the next day, but there was no way I could even dream of making that trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueinNC Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Stick it out. You can take care of them just as well there- more easily than you can in the car on such a long ride...and you might still get a couple of days of vacation out of it if the others recover as quickly as your oldest seemed to! Sorry the first few days are going so poorly, hope they all feel better very soon and that you guys don't get sick! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 :grouphug: We're going to stay put for now. I don't really want to drive with sickies. It's just the lack of sleep talking. I'm absolutely exhausted! Thankfully it does seem to be rather quick moving. The 2 who spent the night with their heads in the toilet seem to be perking up already. I'll probably try to get out with my dd5 today, because I took her older sister out yesterday while the younger was stuck "home" sleeping. I'm sure a little fresh air will do us good. On a side note, this last summer we went on our first camping trip as a family. We were supposed to spend 3 nights in a gorgeous place, but had to come home after the first night. Ds had gotten a bug and became so severely dehydrated that we had to take him to the ER and have him rehydrated with an IV. Maybe we just shouldn't vacation. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I can't think of the name of them, but those anti-emetic suppositories. I think they make you SLEEP, which might not be a bad thing since it seems to hit them in the evening. I hope your weeks picks up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 BTDT - This past summer, each one of our kids got Hand-Foot & Mouth Disease. While we were at my folks' cabin 750 miles away from home. Which is about the size of a 2 car garage, built in 1930 & renovated in 1960. Good: We got the diagnosis over the phone with the help of a doctor friend & digital photos. :001_smile: It didn't require taking them TO the doctor there. :001_smile: Long story short, each child was terribly sick for 24 hours (fever, nausea, very bad sore throat, contagious rash). All the other kids played outside while they felt like it (though the not-yet-sick ones could only guess when they'd catch it). Then we left all the germs in the cabin, which was sealed up for a week before my folks returned to it. :001_smile: Stay where you are, get a baby monitor, make a Vomit Bowl (line a mixing bowl with a Walmart bag and a paper towel folded up in the bottom). And eat chocolate (and/or alcohol)! You are in our prayers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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