The trip that almost ended one day later.

[twinmomplus2new]

As most of you who have read my trip reports are aware I usually have some kind of disater befall me when I travel. The last 2 trips have gone off without a hitch, so Silly me I was lulled into a false sense of security!!!!

Day one early flight out of Providence VIA Southwest. I had kept my 2 little ones out of school for teh week prior to the trip just to be sure they didn't get exposed to any stomach bugs. Upon arrival at the gate. A woman arrives and proceeds to stop about 3 feet from my stroller and her son begins to vomit everywhere I was pleased. Keeping them out of school makes so much sense now!!! If It wasn't so pathetic it would have been fuuny/ironic.

Heres where it is stupid. Ticket agents can stop an obviuosly ill adult from traveling. But not a child. because it is presumed the parents is substituting correct judgement. ( I asked) Very rude. I would never fly a child in that condition. It is one thing getting on a plane and not knowing. But to know and do it anyway!

Anyway we arrive at Boardwalk and guess who is behind me in the BW check in line! The same sick family, What are there a 100 thousand rooms in Orlando? what are the odds? anyway we had some room mix up upon check in. Which was corrected by a very competant sweet CM named Camille. So all was fixed. We went to the food store stocked up. My mom took older ds to MGM and Prime time cafe. I took younger 2 to the pool and put them to bed early. so that the next day we could have a rested start. A few snafus of course but otherwise ok.

 

[llij]

Eeeek! A sick kid on the airplane. Yikes! I can't wait to read more of your adventure!

 

[mrszrw]

Maybe the child didn't vomit due to an illness. My DD has alway been the type to just vomit because she's upset or nervous. Sometimes she just drinks her milk to fast and then we have a little girl vomiting all over the place even though she is not really sick. As a matter of fact just last night at a resturant she vomited all over me with no warning. DH went quickly to shop for a new outfit for her and I cleaned up the whole mess. I then had to shop for me and of course I'm 9 weeks Preg and nothing fits right so I broke down and hit the maternity shop since we were 2 hours away from home I wasn't going to smell like vomit that long or waste time trying to find reg stuff to fit me.

We think she just drank her milk to fast. She shows no other signs of illness, so yes I would have still put her on a plane and taken her to WDW last night if we had plans to go.

just thought I pass on another view.

I hope the rest of your trip goes better.


Ps. The thing I can't stand is when someones child vomits and the parents just pack up and leave the mess behind as if nothing happened and its not their place to clean it up. We saw this happen at Chef Mickeys one time. They didn't even tell the staff it happened.

 

[twinmomplus2new]

The poor little bugger was definately ill. As Mom ANd Grandma were having a talk about what should they do should he continue to be sick during the week. Who would stay with him etc... As for not cleaning it up? This child threw up all over the rug in the airport. and they simply walked away from it. It was so obnoxious people were stepping in it and getting very pertrubed!

Now If I hadn't spent several trips at Celebration ER with a very ill child myself, It wouldn't have bugged me. But having been there It did!

 

[nhpooh]

Sometimes you wonder what are people thinking? That sick child was not going to enjoy the trip, and someone else wasn't either. Hope the rest of your trip was better.

 

[fantasia73]

I had a little girl with the stomach flu sitting behind me on a flight from Charlotte to Providence. She threw up every half hour and the parents couldn't seem to figure out how to use the barf bag. It was the longest flight of my life. I heard the parents say that they wouldn't have flown had they known that she was going to throw up more than a few times. Ummm . . . throwing up is one thing, but letting a little girl throw up all over the plane and then complain that the flight attendants weren't quick enough cleaning it up, there's no excuse.