Friday, February 20, 2009

back off the DL

about 90% recovered from a nasty go-around with the stomach flu earlier this week. owen came home early from school on tuesday with it, and was still feeling the effects into the evening. i was fine all day, had a great dinner, went to bed a little early more for the rest than anything else, then started having that not-so-fresh feeling.

at about 10pm the fun began, with visits to the vomitorium about every 60-90 minutes throughout the night. one trip was a touching father-son moment- owen staggered into our room sometime around midnight, vomited on our carpet, then finished the job in the commode. once i knew he'd run dry, i gently nudged him aside and contributed my share. now there's bonding.

the other 60% of the family has emerged unscathed so far. here's hoping diligent hand washing and personalized water bottles keep it that way.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I lived through it, and it's TMI.
Yuck.
~erin

Anonymous said...

I was always taught that it really is not supposed to be called the stomach flu....the correct term is gastroenteritis :D Glad the Fink's are feeling fabulous !!