We carry moist towelettes. A *Mostly* Germ-Free TR ........

[swankybeth]

Wow, I can't imagine how you must have been feeling!
I was really happy to read about how the Jones' and the CM's took care of you and made sure N got to do everything he wanted also.

 

[Muffinygood]

This update is just what happens during the night. As such there are no pictures, but the NEXT update is chock full!!!


The trip from MGM to the hotel is actually pretty interesting. Stephanie pulls the minivan up to the back door of the first aid station (which is on the left side of the street just after you enter the park) and we pile into the car. I remember this being difficult because I was trying to buckle N into his seatbelt and it was taking every ounce of effort I had in me. He was wiggling around so I finally said, “N, please help me out here!” He did and then I could concentrate on buckling myself. The drive out took us past the back of Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular. This was pretty neat. Stephanie kept up a running commentary as she drove. N was fascinated by the “secret behind the scenes” stuff.

We also passed the back of Lights, Motors, Action and got to see where they keep the extra cars and tires. Stephanie mentioned how many tires they use per day and a couple of other facts which I am now fuzzy on. Sorry! We passed the backlot tour area and the back of Catastrophe Canyon. She really knew her stuff. Oh, we also passed a group of tents that were set up for a training thing they were doing for CMs that week. She said all week there were people there giving talks on various topics and lunches and snacks for the CMs. We finally exited the backstage area onto an access road that led us out across the parking lots. She drove cautiously (this may seem strange that I noted this but I am REALLY paranoid about other peoples’ driving) and that made me pretty happy. N was chit chatting all the way back to the WL. We drove up the drive and I actually took the time to note how gorgeous this hotel looks at night. All the lanterns up the driveway were lit and the hotel just looks so warm and welcoming as you approach. I was RELIEVED to be “home.” Stephanie told the CM that greeted our vehicle that she was returning a guest from first aid and they let her park right up front. She walked us into the lobby which was FILLED with people. I had not seen it that busy the entire time we were there. I was getting a bit dizzy again after the walking but she calmly walked up to the line of people waiting to see the check in desk. There were only 3 or 4 people in line but waiting there was hard. After a minute or so I said, “Stephanie, I am sure that N and I can make it to our room. It’s only into the elevator (just steps away) and out again and then about 20 feet.” We were right on the walkway overlooking the lobby. She seemed reluctant to let us go off alone but I convinced her that I was good enough to do this and she said ok. I thanked her for her help, for taking care of N, and for the ride and hugged her. She wished N a happy birthday again and left. We made our way to the elevator and then our room. I really don’t remember actually GOING to the room. I must have really been out of it.

What I do remember is that it was FREEZING in our room. I looked at the thermostat as soon as I cleared the doorway. I couldn’t believe it said 74 degrees. It felt like about 45! I ask N, “Is it really really cold in here?” He says, “No. Feels good.” Huh. Well, that cinches it. I’m feverish or something clearly. N goes to get cleaned up, jammies and whatnot. I collapse onto the bed. I remember at the last moment that I am supposed to let DH and MIL know that I have made it back to the room alive. I grab the cell and type out a text to each of them. BACK IN ROOM. GOING TO SLEEP SOON. WILL CALL IN AM. At some point I must have put my pjs on because I have them on and brushed my teeth. I don’t really recall that stuff but I’m sure I did those things. About an hour after we get back to the room, N is watching cartoons and I’m dozing in and out. N says, “Mom, I’m hungry.” Oh My Goodness! He hasn’t eaten since we were in England at 4pm!!! But, when I say that I could not lift my head up off the pillow, I am not kidding. I have never felt so awful in my life. I couldn’t stand up. I could barely speak I was so exhausted. I look over at him and say, “Oh, baby, I am so sorry. There’s half a soy milk in the fridge and I think there’s some chips left over on the desk.” Way to go me. Great mommying. Super. I just told my child to eat left over bbq chips and half a soy milk for his DINNER! OMG. The guilt is amazing but I literally CANNOT get up. He seems ok with this and not the least bit concerned that the woman who makes him eat 3 square meals a day, get fresh air, eat his veggies and demands that he brush his teeth after his meals just told him to eat CHIPS for dinner. He’s cool with it. I drop off into a restless sleep. I wake up once at 3 am, drenched in sweat (sorry if that’s TMI) and walk to the potty and pee (again, sorry, but this is good because it means I’m not TOO dehydrated) and then go back to bed and sleep again till N wakes up at 8:30 am.

When I wake up for the morning I feel like someone his hit me with a bat. I am sore, and grumpy but alive. And hungry! This is the first time in days that I can think of eating without getting sick to my stomach. I drink two big glasses of water just in case I am still dehydrated. Say a little prayer of thanks that I survive the night. Whew! I call the MIL and we have a long long talk on the phone and she says that she was worried since I am usually so capable. Yeah. Me too.

N wants to order eggs for breakfast with a bagel (of course!) and a glass of orange juice. I agree to that and order up toast and ginger ale for me. We snuggle into the covers and watch Disney cartoons and just chill out. I am a bit worried about the check out situation because I don’t know how I’m going to feel for the day. We have to check out at noon and the ME doesn’t pick us up until 4:30 pm. I think I can survive in the lobby for an hour or so but not all day. Wondering what they can do for me, I call downstairs and they transfer me to Lodgekeeping. The wonderful woman I get on the phone listens to my story about the day before and says, “You stay there until you leave.” Really? Wow. Thank you, Thank you!

**Sidenote-I have to mention that I apologize to N as soon as I wake up for the awful dinner last night. I still feel guilty about it! He says, "Mom, that was so cool. I can't believe you let me eat marshmallows and chips for dinner!" Marshmallows? Ok, I guess so. Ha! Apparently he's not damaged!!**

After N’s breakfast comes to the room, and we munch down everything, we decide what (if anything) we’ll do this last day in FL.

Tune in next time for what our last day holds.....

 

[cmp1111]

Well, I am SO glad that you woke up feeling better.

And, any kid in his right mind would LOVE that dinner! My kids dream of that day!

 

[scottny]

what a great CM bringing you back there and wanting to bring u to your room.
N seemed pretty happy with the dinner selections.

 

[Disneyolic]

I'm glad that N seemed unphased by all that was happening to you and that he still enjoyed himself. It is really nice that you could stay in your room until you actually had to leave! That is great! And probably what you really needed.

 

[jcc0621]

I am so glad that you were feeling better and that N didn't seem to mind that his day was cut a little short. THat's one sweet kid

 

[Tinkerbell1013]

Hi...I'm one of those lurkers!! What a great Mom you are, taking your N to Disney World for his birthday!!! I am so sorry that your trip was a bit hard with being sick and then a heatstroke but I know that you and N made many great memories! What a great boy N is...taking care of his Momma like that!! Wonderful TR...love it!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I am sure it was very neat for N to get that behind the scene look while Stephanie drove you guys back to the WL.

So glad that you woke up feeling somewhat better and that you were allowed to stay in your room until you had to leave.

 

[dismom9761]

YAY!!I am so glad you felt better in the morning. Its wonderful that you could stay in teh room late.

Don't worry about his dinner.Its probably one of his favorite things about the trip.

 

[mousescrapper]

HI
I know I sub'd in somehwere with promising to come back and read...well I did! at the World and by yourself with just N

First I have to say, I'm glad some great disney folks and CM's kept an eye out for you both, and how about your DH saying he'll fly down and rescue you...

Now my little comments on your TR thus far:

Great Suprise to hand N the bag with the ME tag on it, he must have thought he was dreaming or his parents just lost one....

Sorry you missed the tiki torches lighting ceremony at the Poly, hope you had somefun anyways walking around there.

The Campfire Inferno!!!! Yikes with a capital Y Glad you jumped in and hopefully saved a few eyebrows from being shinged off. Made a note to self in my planning book about that....avoid fire and 1000 kids, good to know

The birthday card and balloons from Mickey looked awesome, so cool! I bet N was just tickeled!!! (side-note: on our twins b-day suprise trip, I requested the whole card and balloon thing on their birthday too and it never arrived, I was so megga-bummed, good thing they never knew)

Now your sickness....UGH! to be sick at WDW, like my 2nd biggest fear, besides losing one of the kids there....feel so bad for you and trying to make the trip so special for N, but I think it sounded like he had a great time.

Love the b-day pin N he was wearing in those pictures with his name on it, those must be new compared to 05. very special keepsake! And that Dream Team moment so very cool, maybe I need to go agian on my Birthday...am I too old for that fun stuff?

BTW I LOVE GINGER-ALE sick or no sick!

Personally I love Space Mountian, but don't think I could ride it over and over with an upset stomach and the flu like symptoms you had...AWESOME MOM AWARD for you!

Fish & Chips....sorry you didn't get but a few fries, hope to grab a little food from there on our upcoming trip. glad you could eat something that day.

Your whole sick story at MGM just gave me the chills....the wonderful Diz fam and great CM, lifesavers. But at least you were cohearent enough to remeber some of the behind the scenes things!

Glad to read after that last night's sleep you were starting to feel on the mend. I think anytime an adult gets a fever then "sweats" in out, is by far the worse, just don't think we can tolerate that stress on our bodies anymore. So I hope the rest of the TR is on the up and up, and you overall had a good time and N had the best. He seems like a super son!

PS don't feel bad about the marshmallow and chips dinner...at least he ate right? JK

 

[DisneyJo]

I've just spent ages reading your wonderful TR and just have to say you poor thing, it sounded as though you were so sick, N was great such a good boy and good job you met those people at RNR to look after you. Glad you were feeling better in the last installment!

 

[Muffinygood]

Wow...What an update.

That must have been so scary.

You truly were blessed by an angel having htose wonderful guests with you in line and taking care of you and still seeing that your son have a wonderful bday

That cm, Stephanie, that was so cool that she made sure your ds got on TOT and what a nice bunch of teenagers. That is so heartwarming

I relaly hope you are fine back at the hotel. Having to go to ER is scary, especially wen you are away from your home, with just your ds....

Stephanie was so great. Everyone was really. I cannot say enough about the wonderful people we met! Thanks for reading!

Subbing so I can read later

Thanks JO! I am so glad you're here!

Wow, I can't imagine how you must have been feeling!
I was really happy to read about how the Jones' and the CM's took care of you and made sure N got to do everything he wanted also.

It's been hard writing this TR because it's sounded so BOO HOO, POOR ME. I just really wanted to come home and write it because such GREAT things came of it. It was truly a great trip. Thanks for sticking with me.

Well, I am SO glad that you woke up feeling better.

And, any kid in his right mind would LOVE that dinner! My kids dream of that day!

He still talks about the night he got to eat chips and marshmallows for dinner! HA! He especially likes to bring it up when I make him eat broccoli! Thanks for reading!

what a great CM bringing you back there and wanting to bring u to your room.
N seemed pretty happy with the dinner selections.

That just proves my point that men will eat ANYTHING when they're hungry. I swear! Thanks for reading Scott, it's been great meeting you guys!

I'm glad that N seemed unphased by all that was happening to you and that he still enjoyed himself. It is really nice that you could stay in your room until you actually had to leave! That is great! And probably what you really needed.

You are so right! I was longing for time to just lay around and feel better. This really did the trick. Tune in tomorrow (hopefully) for the last wonderful day in Disney! Thanks for reading along...

I am so glad that you were feeling better and that N didn't seem to mind that his day was cut a little short. THat's one sweet kid

That's what I think too! He really is the sweetest kid in the whole world. He never complains or misbehaves. We were so blessed. I hope this isn't just a disrtraction to throw us off course when he's 15...ha!

Hi...I'm one of those lurkers!! What a great Mom you are, taking your N to Disney World for his birthday!!! I am so sorry that your trip was a bit hard with being sick and then a heatstroke but I know that you and N made many great memories! What a great boy N is...taking care of his Momma like that!! Wonderful TR...love it!

THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND SAYING HI!!!!! Thanks for the compliments too. He's a sweetie pie. And I like to think that I only did what most moms would do when the chips were down.

I am sure it was very neat for N to get that behind the scene look while Stephanie drove you guys back to the WL.

So glad that you woke up feeling somewhat better and that you were allowed to stay in your room until you had to leave.

I just wish that I had paid closer attention when she was talking while we were in the car. Oh well. I guess you can't do everything. But, it was pretty neat. Thanks for reading!

YAY!!I am so glad you felt better in the morning. Its wonderful that you could stay in teh room late.

Don't worry about his dinner.Its probably one of his favorite things about the trip.

You are correct! He keeps rubbing this in to the DS14 whenever he complains about food we're having (a nightly occurence.) He says, "Mom let me have chips and marshmallows for dinner in Disney." DS14 loves that!

I've just spent ages reading your wonderful TR and just have to say you poor thing, it sounded as though you were so sick, N was great such a good boy and good job you met those people at RNR to look after you. Glad you were feeling better in the last installment!

GLAD YOU'RE HERE JO! And thanks for reading all the way through. As I said above, I know it sounds a bit boohoo but I really wanted to tell the story so that I could highlight those wonderful people who helped us. It was very heartening to see all the people left in the world who still care about others. Watching what happens on the news you could convince yourself there isn't any compassion left. But, it's alive and well in Disney!

 

[scottny]

How sad it is almost over.

 

[Muffinygood]

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HI
I know I sub'd in somehwere with promising to come back and read...well I did! at the World and by yourself with just N
We made it!

First I have to say, I'm glad some great disney folks and CM's kept an eye out for you both, and how about your DH saying he'll fly down and rescue you...
He's amazing. I thanked him appropriately!

Now my little comments on your TR thus far:

Great Suprise to hand N the bag with the ME tag on it, he must have thought he was dreaming or his parents just lost one....
He was completely shocked. He kept saying on the plane, No way!

Sorry you missed the tiki torches lighting ceremony at the Poly, hope you had somefun anyways walking around there.
We did, it's goregeous. I think we'll have to have a short stay there sometime. Just for the pool!
The Campfire Inferno!!!! Yikes with a capital Y Glad you jumped in and hopefully saved a few eyebrows from being shinged off. Made a note to self in my planning book about that....avoid fire and 1000 kids, good to know
Most definitely PUT THAT IN THE PLANNER! They were NUTS! Whoohoo. Never again.
The birthday card and balloons from Mickey looked awesome, so cool! I bet N was just tickeled!!! (side-note: on our twins b-day suprise trip, I requested the whole card and balloon thing on their birthday too and it never arrived, I was so megga-bummed, good thing they never knew)
Ours didn't show up till MANY hours later in the day but at least they remembered. Sorry you missed out on the magic.

Now your sickness....UGH! to be sick at WDW, like my 2nd biggest fear, besides losing one of the kids there....feel so bad for you and trying to make the trip so special for N, but I think it sounded like he had a great time.
He did and I agree. Losing a kid at WDW would be awful! I can't imagine!

Love the b-day pin N he was wearing in those pictures with his name on it, those must be new compared to 05. very special keepsake! And that Dream Team moment so very cool, maybe I need to go agian on my Birthday...am I too old for that fun stuff?

No, I got a bday pin when we went in December. (yes, it's different from the old ones that just say it's my birthday on it) And I'm much older than 10! Ha!
BTW I LOVE GINGER-ALE sick or no sick!
ME TOO!!! Though I don't think I'll be able to stomach it for a while after that experience!

Personally I love Space Mountian, but don't think I could ride it over and over with an upset stomach and the flu like symptoms you had...AWESOME MOM AWARD for you!
Thank you ! I thought I deserved one for that. The rest was trying but riding that dang rollercoaster makes me sick on a reg. day. Riding it sick was TOO MUCH. So I accept your award.

Fish & Chips....sorry you didn't get but a few fries, hope to grab a little food from there on our upcoming trip. glad you could eat something that day.

Your whole sick story at MGM just gave me the chills....the wonderful Diz fam and great CM, lifesavers. But at least you were cohearent enough to remeber some of the behind the scenes things!
Not much, but some....

Glad to read after that last night's sleep you were starting to feel on the mend. I think anytime an adult gets a fever then "sweats" in out, is by far the worse, just don't think we can tolerate that stress on our bodies anymore. So I hope the rest of the TR is on the up and up, and you overall had a good time and N had the best. He seems like a super son!

Yes, it's all up hill from here. Thanks SO much for reading along and for the great comments!!

PS don't feel bad about the marshmallow and chips dinner...at least he ate right? JK

Yes. You are right!

 

[Muffinygood]

How sad it is almost over.

Don't be sad Scott! I'm sure that I can drag out the last day for at least a week!
I'll just have DM write it for me!
Kidding DM, kidding....
Seriously, I'm going to go back again in Dec. (well, no one here knows that yet...that's my little secret) so I guess you'll get to read another sickly story about me. It's true. I get sick on almost every trip I go on. Unless it's to somewhere boring and crappy. Then I feel great.

So, smile my friend! And enjoy the rest...

I've loved doing this, it's been very cathartic.

 

[Trentmom]

Wow.......

That must have been so cool seeing the back of MGM....too bad you can't remember too much

She is so wonderufl having driven you back to your hotel and walking you in.

BBQ Chips and milk for dinnner?? That is funny he had marshamallows, too... as you apparently don't remember that

But no worries, he survived and that was probably one of his fav things from this trip.

That was great that they let you stay in your room until time for ME bus.

This is what Disney is all about

 

[KatGarcia]

I am sooooo very late but I just sat and read your whole report! Holy drama! SO glad you are feeling better and you obviously have one amazing son!

 

[Muffinygood]

Wow.......

That must have been so cool seeing the back of MGM....too bad you can't remember too much

She is so wonderufl having driven you back to your hotel and walking you in.

BBQ Chips and milk for dinnner?? That is funny he had marshamallows, too... as you apparently don't remember that

But no worries, he survived and that was probably one of his fav things from this trip.

That was great that they let you stay in your room until time for ME bus.

This is what Disney is all about

Yes, thankfully he survived "dinner." Ha! And I totally agree. That is what I said in my letter to Disney. They called me on the phone (a nice lady named Alana from Disney Corporate offices) and said that they were so sorry that we had such a rough time, And that they had passed the letter along to the CMs, Lodgekeeping, Chef at Narcoossee's, nurse at first aid, etc. and their supervisors so that they could be recognized. Disney ROCKS!

I am sooooo very late but I just sat and read your whole report! Holy drama! SO glad you are feeling better and you obviously have one amazing son!

HELLOOOOO KAT!
Better late than never! I am so happy you are here. And thanks, he is amazing.

 

[Disneyolic]

Don't be sad Scott! I'm sure that I can drag out the last day for at least a week!
I'll just have DM write it for me!
Kidding DM, kidding....
Seriously, I'm going to go back again in Dec. (well, no one here knows that yet...that's my little secret) so I guess you'll get to read another sickly story about me. It's true. I get sick on almost every trip I go on. Unless it's to somewhere boring and crappy. Then I feel great.

Wait till you see my next update ...

 

[scottny]

Don't be sad Scott! I'm sure that I can drag out the last day for at least a week!
I'll just have DM write it for me!
Kidding DM, kidding....
Seriously, I'm going to go back again in Dec. (well, no one here knows that yet...that's my little secret) so I guess you'll get to read another sickly story about me. It's true. I get sick on almost every trip I go on. Unless it's to somewhere boring and crappy. Then I feel great.

So, smile my friend! And enjoy the rest...

I've loved doing this, it's been very cathartic.

here is to hoping for a sick free trip next time. that is a nice little secret to keep.