This time, he went to bed two nights ago fine. But, at 5:30 in the morning, he woke up and started speaking, saying that he wanted to throw up. We basically ignored it, rolled over, and went back to bed.
Five minutes later he said he couldn't hold it in, and barfed. Luckily, we have him sleeping on a bed blanket, so the damage wasn't too bad. He barfed three more times, albeit very lightly with little fluid.
I went to work while my wife used her previously-scheduled day off to do important civic paperwork (bummer) to take him to the clinic. The one closest to our house is great - quick turnaround, friendly, and near a supermarket and drug store. We received two kinds of powdered medicine and suppositories to suppress his vomiting. Powder to be taken before meals for four days. We only used the suppositories the first day.
In case you're wondering, they are small waxy white bullets that slide in with the help of a Q-tip. He complained of pain initially, but after a few minutes he was fine. probably not painful, just uncomfortable. Only half of one for a boy his age.
Today is day two. He's sleeping on the heated floor with the TV on low, crows crowing outside in the distance. Sunshine, blue skies, nine degrees.
I have rice porridge and ninety-second noodles ready for lunch and dinner. He's drinking a little water and some OS-1 water which is kind of like toddler Gatorade for his electrolytes. He had one meatball and a couple of bites of convenience-store sandwich for dinner last night. Basically, he was pretty lethargic the whole day.
So far, no diarrhea - knock on wood.
According to the Health Canada website, the virus can be spread up to three days after recovery, and even longer. That means lots of hand washing. While I'm not a fan of the antibacterial family soap so popular in Japan, we have some. We've been also using a hand spritzer called P's Guard.
Stay healthy, everybody!
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