I must say, in Avery's 5 years, she has only had the stomach virus one time....until today. We have been so very lucky and blessed that this nasty virus has eluded us. Unfortunately, last night it hit.....of course, it had to happen the morning before we were to head out for the beach.
While the stomach bug is never fun, I must say that Avery was a true trooper. She never cried, whined, nor made a huge mess. I'm not sure if you can say this, but she is a good puker. She did a great job of holding it in until we got to the bathroom or until the puke bucket was properly positioned.
This, of course, kept us awake until about 5:00 am this morning. Our plan was to head out for the beach at 8:00. She had been looking forward to this trip for so long and we really thought that we would be cancelling. But she recovered miraculously. When she woke up about 8 am, she was hungry....and literally has been eating all day. I'm not sure if she had a slight touch of the bug or if it was simply her supper not settling, but today she has been fine. In fact, as I type, I am listening to the waves crash in.
We cleaned up the mess, finished packing, dropped the dogs off at the vet, loaded up the car, and headed out around 11:15. We were on the beach making sand castles by 4:00. At 4 am this morning, I truly didn't think we would even take our chances of going to the beach, let alone be enjoying the sun.
We are looking forward to a great weekend. We also are saying our prayers, that if this was the stomach bug, then no one else catches it.
