Well...we made it nearly 5 years. Wm has his first stomach bug. The last time he threw up he was a baby spitting up formula. The poor little guy was out of sorts all morning (even asking to leave the Lego Store before he filled his bin!) Then he started complaining that his stomach hurt. Thinking some rest would be good, Steve was helping into bed when...splat! Since Wm has no memory of ever throwing up, he was like, "what just happened?" We snuggled him up on the cough with some saltines, Mexican Coke (which we had to tell him was "tummy medicine" because I had previously told him Coke has poison chemicals in it - which is TOTALLY TRUE, btw - and he refused to drink it when I said it was Coke), and Star Wars. I provided for him a "barf bucket," of which he grew very fond and insisted on carrying it around with him all afternoon. Wm continued to complain that his stomach hurt the rest of the day, but never barfed again. He did have numerous horrifying trips to the potty that reeked up our entire upstairs, so something is not right in the digestive tract of Sir Wm. Even though Wm was clearly not feeling well, he still insisted on building with Legos. He ran around his room gathering pieces and building things, only pausing to run to the potty, ask for a cracker, or complain that his stomach hurt.
Interestingly, Wm also does not seem to be bothered by throwing up. My memories of childhood barfing include intense sobbing afterwards due to the horror of it all. Wm threw up and then was like, "that was weird...can I watch Star Wars?" He then, oddly, seemed to dig the barf bucket and mimed puking into it constantly, laughing all the while. When I set it next to his bed at nighttime, he said, "hey, look, I can just lean over, yack into it, and then go back sleep!" Even at 32, I don't handle throwing up as well as Wm does. He is a trooper.
Now I just have to hope that Steve, who gets a stomach bug if someone looks at him funny, escapes. I can't handle two sickies. I also, for the first time, am actually a bit concerned I may fall victim. I had just lathered Wm's chapped lips up with my chap stick this morning...then immediately used it myself. GERMS!!!! I haven't had a stomach bug since I was in elementary school! I have a record to uphold!! Wm managed nearly 5 years himself, even in day care...not too shabby. Definitely not Steve genes there! Steve has a delicate constitution.
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