Weak stomachs and body fluids

Last week I took my kids to the doctor to catch up on some shots and stuff. Daphne just had one shot, and poor Sean had 4. Last time we went, Daphne threw a royal fit about getting shots. It took two of us to hold her down while another nurse gave her the shots, so we talked a lot about being brave this time. She went first and made me proud by just flinching at her shot and not even making a sound. Sean was up next, and was very brave too. But even though I'd told Daphne to go sit down with Hayden, she stood and watched Sean get those four shots.

Well, while I was helping Sean get his pants back on, Daphne said, "Mom! My eyes are turning black and there's ringing in my ears! I can't hear you, Mom!" She was on the verge of passing out! We had her sit down and put her head between her knees and the nurse brought some juice and crackers for her. Poor Daphne. I think she got a double dose of weak stomach, because Arthur and I both are a little squeamish when it comes to stuff like that.

So the day after our trip to the Doctor's office, the kids started experiencing some nasty side-effects. At first I thought maybe it was a result of their shots, but it spread. Now, I've heard it said that a large percentage of what a mother does involves cleaning up bodily fluids. Tears, runny noses, drool, spit-up, vomit, potty-training accidents, scraped knees--there are just a lot of body fluids to clean up. Well my kids must have caught some kind of diarrhea bug at the doctor and it just ran through the whole family. Let me just say I've been cleaning up a lot of body fluids lately. I won't go into detail, but you can speculate on how much fun we're having over here.