I spent the first 3 days of 2014 working long shifts with traumas and very sick kids at the hospital! Came home to a vomiting child Friday night . Gave this child life saving Zofran but during the medication administration got spray with his secretions and felt a drop hit my eye. This has happened once before and I would bet 100% I will be the next to go down. I was wrong. Tonight up at 0300 heard Nate moaning - gave another dose. Then 0500 Lauren in my room saying she had a stomach ache. I ask the child are you nauseated? She denies nausea and says possible cramps. Given our hx I give her some food and water then ibuprofen. Not even 2 seconds later she is vomiting every where. How does this child 16 yrs old not know the difference between nausea and cramps? Spent the night pulling up the rug (at least it saved the carpet) cleaning the couch, and will be calling the carpet cleaners today. Forgot the best part Lauren loves soccer, she gets done vomiting and immediately with the next breath says I am going to soccer,both games. I say well if you feel that good you can clean up this mess, bleach the whole house, wash all Nates toys and set up the carpet cleaner. I don't know who she thought she was talking to me? telling me what she was going to do. I have half a mind not to give her the life saving zofran but don't want to continue cleaning puke today! Bring on 2014 !
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