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kjourdan 
My daughter got nailed by norovirus on Sunday night. She is doing better, but is still puny. She did keep some bland foods down today, but I am staying home with her tomorrow because we don't want to send her back to daycare before it's really under control. This is her third "tummy sick" illness this year and I am going batty! We still had a carpet shampooer we borrowed from a friend so that was helpful since she got it all over her bed and carpet. Not pretty.
Oh mama, I'm so sorry this is happening to your baby too! The most pitiful thing I've ever seen, is my DDs little pale face...looking up at me "is it going to happen again, mama, is the throw-ups going to come again? I never want it, ever again" - heartbreaking stuff!
The one saving grace for us, is that she knows how to make it to the bathroom or her pukey bucket (somehow, at age 3.5! Praise the heavens!) and so the only time she got it anywhere but the toilet or the bucket was when she woke in the middle of the night to run to the bathroom to find Dada puking in the toilet, me on the floor puking in the bucket and no where else to go...so she just kind of moaned, opened her mouth and puked on the bathroom floor!
Norovirus is the worst. Please be careful...the virus is highly contagious for two weeks after first episode of vomiting. Also, it is SO stripping to the immune system! We have strong immune systems here...this illness absolutely stripped us down. We got Noro on SuperBowl weekend....and have been sick ever since. First we had Noro, then the "phase two of noro" chest/head cold that some people are getting, then just as we were getting rid of that (still kind of clinging to us) my husband developed a sinus infection..and then we all got sick with ANOTHER stomach bug that had us with horrible vomiting and terrible tummy trouble on the other end. So, we are laying EXTREMELY low, because we clearly cannot fight anything off at this point. I understand why this virus is wreaking havoc in nursing homes....it just kills.
Also, if your DD really has noro...be aware that it is taking a lot of people (especially kids) forEVER to really get back to normal with eating and energy levels. The energy level has been the worst for us...our bodies just got SO heavy and we needed SO much sleep when we were trying to fight the original virus. My MIL (who is insanely fit and healthy) got it four or five weeks ago and she is STILL not back to herself with her appetite. So, if your little miss is really grouchy and picky and weird for a while, that's what is going on with her. It's just taking people forEVER to really feel back to themselves after having this virus.
It's honestly the most ill I've ever been in my life. I've never, ever experienced anything like it. I've had the flu before, this makes a real-live influenza feel like a walk in the park. The pain, the *CONSTANT* vomiting...the whole thing. The feeling in our bodies, like we couldn't even move....at one point I was actually crawling across the floor to get to the bathroom...and had to stop and rest along the way. It was like, freaking PLAGUE. So...whatever you can do to immuno boost and try and protect yourself, do it.
Some people are finding that only half the family gets it...some people are strangely very immune to it. My DH, DD and myself all got it SO bad. My son...never got it (which was kind of a nightmare in and of itself! I'm literally crawling on the floor, thinking I'm dying...my rambunctious two year old is like "oooh, horsey game!!" hahah) My DS got the cold with us after the fact....but he never got the noro thing, some slight poo-poo problems, a little cranky...a fever, I could tell he was fighting something...but he didn't actually, truly, get it. I hope you are your DH are that lucky mama!
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