Sickness and diarrhea abound!

For the last few days our house has been hit by sickness and diarrhea. The most likely cause seems to be Winter Vomiting Disease. We aren't entirely sure of the source but it has also affected a few other families we know, so it seems to be doing the rounds.

I succumbed to it first and soon had a raging temperature. At first I thought it was a bad reaction to United getting beaten by Liverpool in the FA Cup for the first time in 82 years, but unfortunately for me it was much more serious than that. Within a few hours I took to my bed with nausea and a raging temperature and stayed there without food for over 24 hours (except for the urgent dashes to the bathroom!).

While I was in self-imposed quarantine Hayley was downstairs looking after Oliver. Suddenly she started to feel sick. Then even more suddenly she threw up! She managed not to throw up on him.... just!

Although we continued to suffer for about 48 hours (and might even now be contagious), thankfully Oliver did not show any symptoms apart from being off his food and some diarrhea.

[Warning: descriptions of poo follow!]
Talking of diarrhea, tonight he took us by surprise when he poo'd projectile diarrhea up the side of the wardrobe and all over his clothes while Hayley was changing him at bedtime. He was completely happy and oblivious to the devastation he was causing through out the whole episode. All we could really do was clean it up and laugh!