Con Crud

[puppetmaker]

If you have ever been to a gathering of people be it a very large family reunion, school, or a convention, you have probably encountered the phenomena known to those who go to conventions as Con Crud. It is that illness that you pick up from who knows where sometime during the gathering.

There are things you can do to reduce it. You can pop vitamin C like it was going out of style. Some recommend a product called "Airborne". You can wash your hands a lot or use an anti-bacterial hand gel (highly recommended if you are shaking a lot of hands. In fact I got some for a couple of the celebrities when they found out I was going by a CVS and they had just about run out). Or you can hide in your room the entire convention but what's the fun in that.

Caroline is suffering some sort of GI problem that pretty much times out to the convention. She may have picked up in childcare there or going around the convention with one of us. However she got it, she is a pretty miserable little girl right now. Peter stayed up with her last night and we swapped out about 7 this morning so he could get some real sleep. Caroline has been fading in and out this morning. She doesn't seem to be running a fever but her tummy hurts and we have had a couple bouts of upchucking over the last 12 hours. Now she doesn't want to eat but I can get her to drink water so until she keeps that down I am not pushing food.

I am now hoping that the rest of the family avoids this but won't be surprised if they don't.

I am grateful that Caroline's illness started last night and not in the car on the way home.

Comments

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

I can attest to the awesome power of Airborne.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I used [generic] Airborne, and I made Blues and Wonka do the same.

So far, so good.

This was the first time I had ever tried the product, but I will not attend a big event like that again without it.