GI Disaster

I'm itching to get out of the house right now. But no can do. We're living in a GI nightmare. Gavin came down with gastroenteritis (stomach flu) on Wednesday night, vomited 20+ times over the next 36ish hours. We thought we were on the mend yesterday - introducing bland foods back slowly, fluids were staying down, and toddler activities were resuming. Enter 2AM today: I wake up to what I thought was a dream (really a nightmare) - Brad vomiting in the bathroom, repeatedly. He was subsequently quarantined to the basement, were is still residing after 20+ episodes of vomiting in the past 13ish hours. Enter 9:30AM today: Gavin woke up his usual happy self. I went in to get him up from his crib only to find that he filled his diaper with the most absolutely disgusting display of diarrhea known to man. To the tub he went, more fluids and bland foods today. No diarrhea repeat yet. And he's currently napping peacefully.

And here I sit, typing away, a ticking time bomb awaiting my round of gastroenteritis. Of course this kind of crap (pun intended) always happens at the worst time. Gavin's started as we were away from home, staying in a hotel in Traverse City where I needed to be for work on Thursday. We made it through Thursday, then headed home earlier than expected that evening. More poor timing - we have the Chicago Marathon in one week. I can see it now - my GI symptoms will hold off for a day or two longer and then start and will linger through the weekend, ruining my big dreams of completing my first marathon. Four months of dedicated training down the toilet (again, pun intended).

On a positive note, I was able to attend church last evening and received the annointing of the sick, so there is hope that God will spare me from the GI disaster. Oh please, please spare me!

I've experienced my most unglamorous moments as a mom and wife these past few days. And there are likely more of these days in store for me this week. Please pray that God is with us as we work to abolish this illness. And that it doesn't affect our ability to compete next weekend.