EPTOn November 22 2013 04:13 mordek wrote:
Wow, I'm sorry to hear that man. That sucks a lot. I am not looking forward to when any of us are sick let alone two or three of us. Might be a good time (in a week or so) to get some closer relationships in the area! We would probably move back to be close by parents if we didn't already have a large friend group and church network all ready here.
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On November 22 2013 03:41 WaveofShadow wrote:
No assistance required, just though I'd tell you a fun story (of something you most likely won't ever have to experience).
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So there has been some batshit crazy 24-hour 'flu' or something going around in my area. Everyone I know has had it, and everyone who has had contact with anyone who had it, gets it. My son was sick for a little bit of that time (he woke up in the middle of the night to find him lying in his own vomit---wasn't pretty) but we got through that.
1-ish last night my wife is feeling sick, she may need to vomit, eventually does. She has a weak stomach and always has so I thought 'ok, meh, maybe she is a little sick, whatever.' I'm sitting on my computer for a bit and I realize I've got that sort of stomach pain where you feel hungry? Go prepare myself a bunch of food, eat it. It doesn't get better. Eventually nausea starts setting in. The rest of the night was a blur of the both of us doing unspeakable things from both ends while the guy got up periodically and screamed. I haven't been sick like this in a very long time, and the way we were both feeling made it nearly impossible to take care of him. I had to call and cancel my clinic day today to make it up another day. So the problem is, we have NOBODY to come help us---we live in a different city from both our families and any of my friends who could have potentially assisted us for the day have clinic or lab (not to mention it would be a dick move exposing them to this). We were too sick to get in the car and drive to Toronto, or even to the hospital considering how dehydrated my wife was---not to mention it's not like if we went to the hospital anyone would have been able to watch or take care of our son. I can't remember a time when I was so desperate. It's a really shitty feeling when you are so sick you are unable to take care of your own son properly (even though it was only for a few hours)---he was inconsolable for a lot of that time. We tried calling both our parents to see if anybody could do ANYTHING at all, but all of our parents still work and despite the urgency it isn't really fair to expect them to drop everything and trek out to help us. Thankfully it seems to have tapered off a bit and my wife's father eventually was able to come in and pick the two of them up and take them back to Toronto---I have work to do so I'm not so lucky.
Moral of the story? I don't know honestly---maybe I just needed to get it out. That desperation and feeling of inadequacy is something I don't want to have to feel ever again. I can think of times where my parents were too sick at the same time to take care of us, but at least my grandparents were living in the same city. Hopefully you have family around you close by if this kind of thing ever happens to you.
On November 22 2013 03:31 mordek wrote:
How can I assist you? The last 12 hours have been pretty boring.
How can I assist you? The last 12 hours have been pretty boring.
No assistance required, just though I'd tell you a fun story (of something you most likely won't ever have to experience).
+ Show Spoiler [Dad stuff. Open at your own risk] +
So there has been some batshit crazy 24-hour 'flu' or something going around in my area. Everyone I know has had it, and everyone who has had contact with anyone who had it, gets it. My son was sick for a little bit of that time (he woke up in the middle of the night to find him lying in his own vomit---wasn't pretty) but we got through that.
1-ish last night my wife is feeling sick, she may need to vomit, eventually does. She has a weak stomach and always has so I thought 'ok, meh, maybe she is a little sick, whatever.' I'm sitting on my computer for a bit and I realize I've got that sort of stomach pain where you feel hungry? Go prepare myself a bunch of food, eat it. It doesn't get better. Eventually nausea starts setting in. The rest of the night was a blur of the both of us doing unspeakable things from both ends while the guy got up periodically and screamed. I haven't been sick like this in a very long time, and the way we were both feeling made it nearly impossible to take care of him. I had to call and cancel my clinic day today to make it up another day. So the problem is, we have NOBODY to come help us---we live in a different city from both our families and any of my friends who could have potentially assisted us for the day have clinic or lab (not to mention it would be a dick move exposing them to this). We were too sick to get in the car and drive to Toronto, or even to the hospital considering how dehydrated my wife was---not to mention it's not like if we went to the hospital anyone would have been able to watch or take care of our son. I can't remember a time when I was so desperate. It's a really shitty feeling when you are so sick you are unable to take care of your own son properly (even though it was only for a few hours)---he was inconsolable for a lot of that time. We tried calling both our parents to see if anybody could do ANYTHING at all, but all of our parents still work and despite the urgency it isn't really fair to expect them to drop everything and trek out to help us. Thankfully it seems to have tapered off a bit and my wife's father eventually was able to come in and pick the two of them up and take them back to Toronto---I have work to do so I'm not so lucky.
Moral of the story? I don't know honestly---maybe I just needed to get it out. That desperation and feeling of inadequacy is something I don't want to have to feel ever again. I can think of times where my parents were too sick at the same time to take care of us, but at least my grandparents were living in the same city. Hopefully you have family around you close by if this kind of thing ever happens to you.
Wow, I'm sorry to hear that man. That sucks a lot. I am not looking forward to when any of us are sick let alone two or three of us. Might be a good time (in a week or so) to get some closer relationships in the area! We would probably move back to be close by parents if we didn't already have a large friend group and church network all ready here.
tl;dr - go make friends
