What Comes Around...

So, the doctor was wrong. It's not the first time, definitely won't be the last. It's just annoying. What was he wrong about? I'm pretty certain Amanda did not just have a cold. Why do I think that? Well, when you vomit from too much drainage, does that make your sister vomit two days later? You know, sympathy puke. I think not.

Yesterday afternoon, Sarah started saying that her stomach hurt. My older two always downplay everything. I take that back. Sarah is a HUGE drama queen and overreacts to everything. However, when they are sick, Andy and Sarah don't make a fuss. They casually say that they don't feel well and that their tummy hurts or they have a little headache. They make it sound like they just have hunger pangs because I haven't snacked them lately or just need half a Motrin tablet.

So, when Sarah said her stomach hurt, but didn't make a big deal about it, I just assumed she was hungry for dinner. After lying on the couch for a bit she said she felt better. When I called her to dinner she said it still hurt, but I told her that her spaghetti with butter might make it feel better. Umm, it didn't. I jokingly told her that if she was going to throw up, to please not do it in the middle of the night and to make sure she made it to the toilet because I didn't feel like cleaning it again this week. Always wanting to please (cough, cough), half-way through dinner she said she was going to throw up and turned and threw up all over the floor. I told her to do it on her plate so it was contained and again she complied, so Andy and I got to watch her throw up about 2-3 more times. It's like a train wreck, you can't look away. Let me tell you, that kind of put an end to the family dinner.

Luckily Charlie was home from his business trip so he cleaned up the kitchen floor while I took Sarah upstairs and gave her a bath. She made it a few more hours and then threw up again and again and again. To her credit she made it to a trash can or toilet every time. It's the little victories. Unfortunately she was up about once an hour all last night thinking she was going to do it again, so Charlie and I did not get much sleep.

By my calculations Andy should get it some time tomorrow afternoon. If not, I'll consider it a bonus.