the Lurgy vs Feeling Poorly...

In the UK when they say "Sophie is feeling poorly today" that means that Sophie is sick or under the weather, but if you say "Sophie has the lurgy" or "Sophie is sick today" that means that Sophie has the stomach bug... can you guess which one is right for the Duffy household today - you guessed it, Sophie has the lurgy.

It started last night about 12:30. Sophie crawled into bed between Kevin & I. She proceeded to moan, groan, and whine that her stomach hurt. In my most sympathetic way, I asked her to be quite or go back to her bed. After 5 minutes of continual whining I decided I could at least feel her forehead and to my surprise she was burning up with a fever. Before I could get myself turned around & the light on, Sophie emptied her stomach of everything she had eaten.

I will spare you all of the details but will just say, it was a really long night and day. The poor child couldn't keep anything down - water, juice, tea, ice, you name it. She actually got to the point that she couldn't even lift her head off the pillow. I had decided if it didn't get better soon we would have to visit the A&E (the UK way of saying ER).

Once morning came she was feeling better, but we weren't out of the woods yet... She had a few more mishaps, but by 2pm today (almost 14 hours after the start) she was successfully able to keep juice & toast down. I can report that Sophie is almost back to normal - she is perky but still not 100%. She does have her appetite back but we will take it slow...

Now, I am just washing & washing & washing sheets, towels, clothes... I have 2 sets of sheets done but we will have no blankets tonight (they won't fit in the gigantic washing machine we have, so I guess I will take them to a laundromat tomorrow).

Of course, Brittney & Kevin haven't been too affected; they have stomachs of steal I guess :-)