The stomach flu has been going around Northern Virginia in the US pretty badly right now. My daughter spent the first day throwing up (Last Thursday) on the hour for 10 hours until we got her some anti nausea drugs. Since then, she's had pretty nasty diarreah. In fact, as late as last night at midnight, we were in the bathroom and she was pretty much peeing out all of her holes...(at the end of day 4). I usually think of stomach bugs as a 24-48 hr thing. This has been pretty bad.
My wife tried pulling her out of pre-school for a couple weeks as the flu flared up locally, but it ended up coming in with our nanny, whose daughter had the bug.
Just beware. When this hits. It hits pretty hard.
It also appears to be fairly widespread in the US right now. Map and tips below:
Http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm
http://sites.google.com/site/stopthestomachflu/Home/how-can-i-avoid-getting-the-stomach-flu
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- Thoughtful Dad
- I'm the father of two wonderful kids, Henry, 17 months and Lydia, 40 months. I also tinker with cars, so watch for a blog about that in the near future.