What a morning! (Hope we don't ever do it again)

[Doctor P]

We all went to bed about 11:00 pm last night and DW had been teasing DSD and I that she would be going shopping at Yankee Candle to get the new fragrance of the month while we were sleeping today. I got up very early (about 3:00 am) and was on the computer for about an hour before going back to bed. I woke up about 5:20 to noises in the house--I could swear that it sounded like DW (and DSD) were up! I thought...hmmm....I knew she wanted to go shopping, but I never dreamed she would be up this early. I got out of bed and just then the bedroom door came flying open. To make a long story short, DSD had finally come down with the stomach stuff that had been plaguing DW and I this past week. She didn't quite make it all the way to the bathroom and messed the carpet and the bathroom floor up really good. I ended up going out at 5:45 am and finding a grocery store that had just opened up. I bought some cleaning supplies and was able to rent a Rug Doctor to clean the carpet. Many dollars later and many hours later, the mess is cleaned up, DSD is sleeping restfully, and I have cleaned much of the carpet in the house (we needed to do our family room and part of our dining room--so as long as I had the machine and the chemicals, the opportunity to get it done was to good to pass up. I feel sorry for DSD, but it actually could have been much worse and much worse timing all in all. Happy New Year!!!

 

[JohnTBap]

Now y'all REALLY need a new Yankee Candle....

 

[minniecarousel]

YUCK! Sorry she was sick - but I like it when ya can find a silver lining! Congrats on cleaning the carpets!
(I hope the worst is over!)

 

[Lucky4me]

LOL JTB!

This is the flu that never quits in our house. It's got everyone once and me twice over the last month!

Hope your dd feels better soon and I think you're going to need a nice nap today..

 

[helenabear]

What a way to start the New Year. Sorry to hear that your DSD is sick, Mike. I hope she is feeling better soon!

 

[Mskanga]

Mike, that bug is nasty!!! I had it a couple of weekends ago and I really thought I was going to have to spend the night in the potty, it wasn't a pretty sight.
I hope Britt gets better real soon. {{{{hugs}}}}}

 

[dizneenut]

Yikes!! Hope DSD feels better soon!

 

[Boots]

Hope she is feeling better!

 

[kejoda]

I hope Britt is feeling better and getting some sleep.

 

[Snow White]

Poor thing, what a way to start the New Year!! Well, at least you'll start the year with nice clean carpets right! I hope she feels better very quickly!!!

 

[Micca]

May we call you Rug Doctor P?

 

[Serena]

I hope she feels better soon.

 

[Patrick IL.]

I hope Britt is feeling better soon

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Originally posted by Micca
May we call you Rug Doctor P?

Ick, sorry about dd. PD to ya' all!

 

[Pin Wizard]

Yuck! I hope DD is much better soon.

 

[December99]

I was actually going to post a post earlier but never got a chance - this was a day that I really wished my dd was younger than 13....like about 1 - there would be a reasonableness to "power puking".....at least if she were 1 I could say okay - but she is 13!!!!! (sorry to gross anyone out!!!).

I do have to say is doing much better. Not really sure if it's the bug. She only got sick once and never did anything else except run a temp up to 104.3 (that was shortly after she got sick). She has been battling the fever part and said that she was shivering so hard she couldn't get out of bed to come and get me and tell me. She also said she had been couging quite a bit before she got sick - not unusual for her to do either. I'm hoping that her fever passes soon as I do have to go to work tomorrow and I really hate leaving her home when she's not feeling well. But she woke up after sleeping off and on (I joked that it was like being in the hospital cause I was checking her and waking her up every to make her drink and to take her temp) and she was hungry. Ate a whole can of chicken soup, wanted more to eat, ate some crackers and cream cheese, wanted more to eat, has drank two glasses of gatorade, still hungry, and is now eating pretzels and drinking more gatorade. I sure hope I'm not sorry that she has all this energy...maybe it will help her clean her room tomorrow!!!! (and the much worse part that Doctor P mentioned was - she could have done all of this earlier in her room - YOU CANNOT SEE HER FLOOR DUE TO ALL THE CRAP AND CLOTHES LAYING ALL OVER!!!!!! it could have been MUCH worse!!!!)

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

I hope by now your DD is feeling better, the poor kid.

 

[one_cat]

that flu has gone through our house too. Both kids have had it but so far it has passed dw and us by.

 

[nativetxn]

I'm sorry Britt was unwell during the night.

Well, now you have a nice clean carpet and you don't have to dread getting it done again anytime soon (I hope).

Perhaps Britt needs a waste basket really near her bed for future emergencies?

 

[zurgswife]

I hope Britt is feeling better soon....