BlsdMama Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Nine pukers in three days. I don't know what this is, but it must go. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Oh, man. It looks some of yours are too young to expect to make it to the bathroom on time. And even if they could, with so many, it could well be occupied. That's the record in one house as far as I've ever heard of. The all-time worst I've known of, though, involved a bus load of high schoolers returning from a Missions Trip to Mexico. They literally hosed down some of the kids as they got off the bus, and were headed off to do the same to the inside of the bus itself. My son somehow managed to not get sick until we picked him up at the church. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Wow, that's pretty bad. Six of us had it last January. The worst was when someone left the toilet lid down and one of my children ran in and vomitted all over the lid. That stuff spatters!! I promise this will be a funny story someday but hugs for now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Kids and dogs just love to throw up on the carpet, too. I hope everyone feels better very soon. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Oh, no! Our record is 3 at once, with 6 stretched across 2 months, give or take. That was way more than enough for me! Get well soon, everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm so sorry- just reading that exhausts me. The laundry...the sleepless nights... Hope everyone is on the mend soon- and that you were spared!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 ugh.. long days and nights. The only consolation is that the tummy flu usually leaves as quickly as it comes. Hoping that happens in your house and everyone is feeling better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Wow, that's pretty bad. Six of us had it last January. The worst was when someone left the toilet lid down and one of my children ran in and vomitted all over the lid. That stuff spatters!! I promise this will be a funny story someday but hugs for now. Ugh--no kidding! Earlier this year dd got sick and missed the toilet in her bathroom. She had also had something red to eat/drink because it was all red/pink splattered all over the bathroom. Then she came in my room to let me know she'd thrown up and, of course, had to throw up again and managed to miss the toilet in my bathroom that time. So I got to clean up 2 bathrooms full of splattered red goo in the middle of the night. My dc have all been told that if you can't make it to the toilet try to throw up in the sink or tub. So much easier to clean. But I guess in the throes of such illness one can only do so much. To BlsdMama-- :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 I was down yesterday. I think I slept for about 22 hours. Oh. My. Goodness. Thank goodness DS was functional. He held down the fort yesterday while they were all little vegetables in front of the TV. The two babies hit the beds a couple times, but they were the most mild. The 10yo has apparently never been taught HUG the potty, never vomit from 2' above it. Honestly? I left all of it yesterday. Today is recovery mode. Laundry, laundry, laundry... And showers. And I'm opening windows. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Ugh, I hope they are all better today! That sounds miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 The most I've had at once was 5 in a single day. But we only had 5 at the time. I don't want to set a new personal record now that we have another kid. We just pass empty ice cream buckets all around. Much better chance of them hitting that than making it to the bathroom on time. Sorry you are going through this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Ugh! Sending :grouphug: here and hoping they've acquired enough immunity at this point to get you through the rest of the winter. This, of course, assumes you're sharing a bug and didn't all eat something bad. Either way. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm really sorry that you experienced that. :sad: On the flipside: I usually read the posts from mamas of large families with sick envy in my heart (I only have 1 for medical reasons), but your post made me really, REALLY glad that I only have one. Thanks, BlsdMama! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 You win. We've only had 5 in the last two days. I'm hoping the rest of us don't get it too. Luckily for us, everyone has thrown up once and felt okay. The laundry though, ouch. I'm thinking again about buying a second dryer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 You win. Congratulations! We can never hit 9 but we did hit 100% with norovirus 3 years ago. Not all the same day--serially over a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Wow. Just wow. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Nine pukers in three days. I don't know what this is, but it must go. Yuck. No. I have blocked the exact when but I have not had sufficient time to block the day my husband called from a business trip last year? The year before? And I was a bawling incoherent mess because it seemed like every inch of my home was covered in puke from 10 kids all sick at both ends within the same 48 hour period. A kid had leaned over the upstairs balcony that overlooked the living room to tell me he didn't feel so good and puked from on high all over the love seat and floor and the woodwork on the wall and the floor in front of him. A kid was coming downstairs in the middle of the night to get mommy and puked all down the stairs and tile. A kid turned the wrong way in his sleep and puked down the wall from his top bunk to the one below. And those are just the highlights. Between lack of sleep, stress, sitting at the hospital with dehydrated kids at various points and catching the bug myself I was just a blob of useless tears and chapped hands from scrubbing and disinfecting everything I possibly could to clean what was messed on and sanitize every inch of the house to keep whatever the plague was from repeating and spreading. Worst 4 days of my parenting career ever. Edited December 9, 2015 by Murphy101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm sorry. I've had all 4 within three days, with 2 of them actively vomiting today. I'm just sitting here hoping it hits me today so that I can be all better before I have to work on Friday. Thankfully, this particular one seems unusually short-lived, even moreso than a typical GI bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Oh my total sympathies, I hope my house doesn't get sick like that all at once, we are a family of 4 with 1 toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 On the silver lining side, the day is warm enough that it's totally possible to line-dry 8 loads of laundry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I hope you are all on the mend soon. My dad comes from a large family and remembers one kid puking at the table...then it went all the way around the table like The Wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Nine pukers in three days. That's truly impressive. All five of us got norovirus over three days when my kids were littles and it was memorable. Once all three kids got pneumonia, one right after the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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