60) "Teh Sicks"

It's been a rough couple of weeks around here. We've had a couple waves of "Teh Sicks" sweep through our household.

I can probably trace the beginnings of it back to about the middle of June; J had been extra tired, extra whiny, and his appetite had cratered. Skip ahead to the last Monday of June, J woke up, vomited in his bed, and was home sick for four days.

I picked it up on the Thursday, and played host to this awesome summer stomach bug for four days over the Canada Day long weekend. There wasn't a whole lot of vomiting, but it left me feeling exhausted, and constantly nauseous for about a 4 day stretch.

Almost immediately after Canada Day, J came down with croup, and few days later I picked up a scratchy throat and a bad head cold.

On Wednesday July 4th, E was given his weekly dose of methotrexate, but also seemingly picked up the stomach bug. It's impossible to know for certain because he's only 2, and he can't tell us how he feels. He vomited on a daily basis, unless we gave him a dose of ondansetron every 8 hours. We brought it to the attention of his oncologists after it went on for a few days, but they weren't overly concerned since he was able to eat and drink provided we gave him the anti-nausea medication. They seemed to think that it was likely nausea from the methotrexate that was exacerbated by a virus. E seems to be over "Teh Sicks" now, but he's picked up a cough, and an unbelievably runny nose. Go buy some shares in Kleenex.

Now, my wife has come down with the stomach bug, and she's been nauseous, and exhausted for a couple of days. She might have one more day of symptoms before they start to lift, if her symptoms follow my pattern. Even then, there's a day or two ramp-up to get yourself back to feeling 100%.

We stayed fairly healthy throughout most of the traditional cold & flu season this year, only to get nailed in the summertime, when it's usually a low time for circulating germs. Here's hoping for a germ-free remainder of summer '18.