A journey through my pregnancy. My meltdowns (which I seem to have alot of), my triumphs, my worries and anxieties. And now the journey continues!! Life as a mommy of 2!!

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Yuck!! Stomach Flu.

So I have won the championship in body fluid spewing contests. Thursday morning I came down with what I thought was a quick bout of the woogies. When I stepped out of the shower I ended up perched over the toilet heaving my entire stomach contents into the bowl. A side effect of this was an extreme involuntary tightening of my bladder causing me to piss down my nicely washed legs every time I wretched. All this while being patted on the back by Jacob who's worried little voice is asking OK? OK?
Well I cleaned myself up, got dressed and was about out the door to go to work when I felt the urge to purge from the other end. That said and done I figured off to work I go b/c I have duties and people are waiting for me. I felt like crap when I got there, but told the two girls I was meeting "the show must go on". So I fulfilled 2 hours of my work day by collecting blood and doing dissections. That done I decided that was enough for me and I was going home. By the time I got home I was a wreck. I was forced to place my bottom on the thrown while my head hung into a bucket. I went through three pair of sweatpants throughout the day as my wretching caught me off guard and I ended up with more than I bargained for. By the end of the evening I was begging Ethan to shoot me.
By Friday the wretching had finally subsided. Not so lucky in the back door department. Next time my dad is pissed and says "they shit the bed" I will know exactly how that feels. I'm giving you a lovely image of my wretchedness, aren't I? I did not go to work Friday either due to the fact that I was still being haunted by the squirts and I would completely exhaust myself by walking from one room to the other. Did I mention I had not been able to eat since Wednesday night? No wonder I was exhausted.
Well, now it's Saturday. I feel so much better. My back and ribs are killing me from all the muscle strain, but I successfully ate a bowl of cereal, a sandwhich and a bowl of soup. Oh and I've been living on Gatorade and ice pops. Unfortunately today Jacob is hurling body fluids and stinks to high heaven with just the tiniest amount of spew in his diaper. I hope this stomach flu passes quickly.
On a non-puking side note I was also out of work on Wednesday as I had 3 Dr. appointments to attend. The first was maternal fetal medicine and I had a NST there. I had mentioned the decline in fetal movement the day before. They hooked me up and there was a strong heartbeat, but the baby didn't move and when he finally did after 15 minutes they said he was non-reactive. So they jolted me full of sugar to get him going. Apparently it worked b/c 15 minutes later they said I could go. So off I went to my next appointment which involved a quick check of the heartbeat, a measurment of my uterus and a see you next week. And finally a 2 1/2 hour visit witht he opthamologist. I thought it was a waste, but I could only put off the docs on this issue for so long. So with the day done I had 3 good reports from 3 different docs. Now I am exhausted and must go put my feet up.

4 Comments:

Blogger Summer Girl said...

Glad you're feeling better! I had the flu, not the stomach variety though, and it was awful too! I can't imagine spewing from both ends... you must have been miserable! Congrats on the three good appointments... your time is soon!! :)

11:27 AM

 
Blogger Patty said...

Stomach flu just plain SUCKS! I am glad you are feeling better and all of your appointments went great.
ssck's

11:55 AM

 
Blogger Leeah said...

Keep getting better and better! Jacob sounds so sweet! Get as much rest as you can! Hugs!

7:43 AM

 
Blogger Crista said...

Oh my God, that is so shitty (no pun intended)! I'm so sorry you were so miserable, but glad you are on the mend, and that the little one is doing okay in there. He was probably in shell shock from all of your spewing! Take care of you both of you -- go put your feet up!

9:46 AM

 

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