Quarantine

I thought the Norovirus only existed on cruise ships, terrorizing those on the high seas. Well apparently it has made it's way to dry land and is wreaking havoc all over Fairfax County this season - in particular, this weekend, at our house!

Evan was first. It started Thursday night. Let's just say that between 9:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., the little guy had had 2 baths and gone through 4 sets of pajamas! Always fun to be doing laundry in the middle of the night too.... After dropping Tyler at daycare and Mitch at the metro, I took him to the walk-in clinic at the pediatrician (I believe we are in double digits now on visits to the pediatrician in 2009!). Dr. Hogan told me it was the Norovirus and to batten down the hatches - it was only a matter of time before it made it's way through all of us....

Evan seemed to be doing much better during the day Friday, and he and I just hung out and played, and took naps. Here are some pics - but for the little red cheeks, you would never know he was sick!


Such a little trooper!!

We had plans for Saturday - Mitch had class, so Tyler was going to spend the day with Grandad and I was going to take Evan to Cameron's first birthday party - but sadly, we had to cancel. Evan was symptom free, but still contagious, and there was no telling when it would strike the rest of us....

As Tyler was entering the third hour of his nap on Saturday, I began to get suspicious. He rarely sleeps like that. When he finally awoke, it was not pretty. Into the tub, sheets and clothes in the wash, etc. Shortly after that I started to feel a little quezy myself....

I emailed Mitch and he left class early. Good thing too - by 3:00 I was pretty much out of commission. So Tyler and I suffered for the rest of the day and Mitch was on full-time Daddy/Husband duty.

Luckily, this thing only lasts about 12 hours, so I was fine by this morning, as was Tyler. Now it's just a waiting game. When will it strike Mitchell?? Today is a beautiful day, sunny and quite warm, so he and Tyler are currently at the playground because Tyler had a lot of energy to burn off (as he usually does!). Let's go, Daddy!!

I keep asking Mitch - "how you feeling?" So far he's "fine". It's not that I want him to be sick, I just know it's inevitable and for his sake I want him to be able to get it over with!!

According to the CDC, we're contagious until 3 days after recovery, so I'll probably have to keep Tyler home from daycare tomorrow and myself home from work. I wouldn't wish this on anyone and don't want to be responsible for passing it on!! I suspect Mitchell will be staying home too.....