Outbreak II: Coming for YOU

another one bites the dust.

annie went down today at approximately 5:15pm. i think the barfing actually commenced closer to 5:45, but i noticed the change in her at about 5:15. maybe even 4:15. she got awful crabby when we were in the line at the walgreens driveup dropping off her script for her ear drops. then, we went to home depot and then to fill up with gas and then to the grocery store and she was totally normal at all those places. but then, when we went back to walgreens to pick up the script, she got real quiet and looked really sad. we were waiting 17 lifetimes in that stupid slow drive-through line and i looked back at her at one point and i said "how are you feeling" and she just frowned.

"do your ears hurt?"

she nods.

"we'll be home in a few minutes, hang in there...do you have to go potty?"

nodding again. then yawning.

"can you wait just a couple of minutes, sweetie?"

more nodding. LONG yawn.

and then, a few minutes later "does your tummy hurt?"

nod.

so finally we get our stuff and i race home and i go to get annie out of the car and she is practically limp. i'm not even sure if she can walk, so i pick her up and she's just dead weight and puts her head on my shoulder (RED FLAG) and we go inside. i set her down and tell her to go potty, that i'll be right in once i get jasper, so she goes and i hurry to get jasper because now i'm pretty much sure of what's going on.

we get into the bathroom and she sits there and she can't go and i say "does your tummy hurt" and she nods her head yes and then she comes and hugs me and goes "hurt! hurt!"...and that's when the barf comes.

enter chaos:
so addison is standing there in the shower, ferris is standing by waiting for his go at the barf, and jasper has just started to full-speed-ahead to the barf pile while i'm trying to help annie. addison yells "jasper, NO!" and comes bounding out of the shower as i reach over and grab jasper. then ferris starts licking the grossness and i'm like "ferris, NO!" and trying to shoo him away. all the while poor anniepants is just standing over the toilet wishing she was doing anything but what she was doing.

so, we head to the bath and she's laying down in the bath practically falling asleep so we get out and she can't even stay standing for me to dry her off. but then, in a strange twist, i say "annie, let's get in bed, honey" and she says "supper!". just like that. ready to eat. so we try. she takes one bite of a banana and says "i'm done with my supper". that's what i thought.

so. sigh. addison is at the store right now getting things like chicken noodle soup, Pedialyte, saltines and ginger ale and clorox wipes because lord knows we're not leaving tomorrow and lord knows i will probably be going down next. awesome.

oh and another thing! when we were leaving to go do those errands this afternoon...ferris barfed all over his kennel. so...WHAT IS THE DEAL?! is it like the doc said and it's just a "nasty thing"...or is it something more sinister? like addison said "if i were House, i'd be thinking this is NOT a coincidence that the kids AND the dog all puked in a matter of hours from eachother..."

me? i'm just hoping to make it through this without losing my own lunch. i probably have some "mom shield" to cover me while the kids are sick, but as soon as they're better i bet that's when i'll go down. oh man. this is our first real "family sickness" where you actually SEE it spread from one person to another. ick.