It has certainly been eventful for us beginning on Friday night. My DD10 became ill Friday afternoon on the ship with vomiting and fever. Saturday morning it continued, I got some medication from the ship health center and just wanted to get home.
We went to the airport, were able to get an earlier flight, but then missed the connection due to the bad weather up north. Then our next flight was delayed and we did not arrive home until 10pm, then had a one hour drive.
By this time, DD is extremely ill, dehydrated and starting to hallucinate. Went straight to emergency room where she was then transported to our Children's Hospital Intensive Care Unit. Got a complete workup including spinal tap.
She is home now and doing fine. Hopefully she will be back to school tomorrow. We did not sleep in our own beds until Tuesday.
She did make me promise that we would not sail during "cold and flu season" again. She had been reading all the signs, and I was like a crazy person with the purell. Just goes to show sometimes all the precautions do not work.
Her final diagnosis was influenza A. Two other children from our party have similiar symptoms but not as severe. I know this is not any fault of
DCL, I really was impressed with the cleanliness of the ship, the signs posted about handwashing, etc.
Overall though, we really had a great time up until the end. I am just now catching up on Laundry, email, etc.