Sick Much?

WARNING NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!

SOOOO .... My Little Princess has caught Croup.. For those who don't know what it is here is the dictionary meaning cause I really can't be bothered trying to explain...

Croup is a common childhood ailment. Typically, it arises from a viral infection of the larynx (voice box) and is associated with mild upper respiratory symptoms such as a runny nose and cough. The key symptom is a harsh barking cough. Croup is usually not serious and most children recover within a few days. In a small percentage of cases, a child develops breathing difficulties and may need medical attention.

 Since this week is shopping week and really who trusts the male species to get everything you need we all went to the grocery store, I know what we need and well my fiance has the money, easier said than done right??? So going around I get to the cold section where they have the milk and more commonly the specials on the small cartons and tiny bottles of flavoured milk that we all know and love... Unable to reach the carton I wanted I managed to convince the other half to grab it for me since he is taller! While I grabbed a smaller bottle of calci-yum for our little girl as a little bit of a treat for sitting so still while we shopped.

Once everything was scanned and she had her milk and I had mine we walked quickly across to Kmart to check out prices on a few things... All the while our angel is sculling this little bottle of milk.. Once she was done she dropped the bottle and said more since I had some too... I went to give her some of mine when she started her coughing again! She insisted I give her more though and giving in to my sick little girl I gave it to her. What else was I supposed to do deny giving it to her when she's been sick for the past few days? Of course not the poor little thing has gone through so much disgusting medicine the least I could do is give it to her right?

So she's finally finished and we're getting worried about her as she won't stop coughing... My fiance gets what he was after as I'm walking her back in the trolley to the car, luckily he catches up and I take her out of the trolley and carry her across while she's saying mummy mama mummy... we get to the car and she's having a coughing fit. Just as I'm about to say hun I think we might need to take her to get further care she spits up a little bit of phlegm, so instead I ask him for a tissue while he packs the car with the groceries. Lo and behold she starts spitting up more so I go to wipe it away from her mouth and what happens??? Ready for it??? I get thrown up on! all over the side of my face, down my top, on my top, in my lap on my feet everywhere! Now I can't stand the sight, smell or sound of vomit! So I grab her with the little self control I have and yell to my fiance to take her and help her vomit the rest while I race out of the car looking for wipes or tissues absolutely anything to get all of this vomit off of me!!!!!

I finally start to get some of it off and whenever I look down at myself all I can see and smell is VOMIT! GAH the joys of being the mum! Vomitting myself all the while hearing my poor little girl calling for me and looking worried about me I decide that this is it, I am not going home in vomit clothes I will end up filling the car with it too! So I find a large jacket in the back seat of the car quickly rip my shirt off vomitting again as the vomit soaked shirt touches my face and quickly pulling the jacket around me so the passerby's don't realise I'm half naked on the way to being completely naked I remove my upper clothing without looking at the vomit. Realising then that I still had vomit all over my pants I strip them off too! Standing between the car doors and the sidewalk I find myself stark naked with the exception of a pair of underwear and a jacket in the middle of the street, all the while hearing my daughter continue to call for me. One of my most embarrassing moments... At least I didn't feel too embarrassed since I did strip in a public area!

So while my little girl clutches my hand as tightly as anything we drive home when I state well at least I can cross getting naked in a public street off my bucket list, as my fiance has a little bit of a chuckle!

Lesson to be learned? YES a big one....

Laura Say -- Do not give sick child milk or you shall suffer consequences --

Well I'm off to bed goodnight world!

Lor