It could also be a dreaded rota virus, but man, when you are done with that one, you are a sorry puppy, but no, it's not the flu.
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01-31-2008, 08:19 AM #1
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01-31-2008, 09:02 AM #2
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Or possibly norovirus--those seem to be going around in some places, and cause the gastroenteritis symptoms you described.
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02-01-2008, 04:52 PM #3
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Oh yes, how could I forget? DH came down with norovirus the last two days of our wonderful "Grand Circle" tour of six national parks in the southwest in '06. It comes on really suddenly. We were on a tough hike in Zion NP when he suddenly started having to lean over the precipice to be sick (checking for anyone below, of course!) I felt so sorry for him b/c there was nothing we could do but finish the out and back hike (even though he wanted to lie down on the trail!), then put him right to bed in the hotel. I was crossing fingers that I wouldn't catch it, but on the plane home, I started feeling a bit "off", and 30 minutes later was in the lav puking (sorry for the overshare). Not a fun place to be ill, a plane.
We would have never known what hit us, but we later read of a significant outbreak of noro in the Grand Canyon right around the time we were there, so we felt sure that that's what we both had, based on the symptoms. We were both close to fine 48 hours after the symptoms first hit, just a little weak.
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02-01-2008, 06:04 PM #4
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I had the norovirus and threw up for 8 hours straight. While I sat on the toilet because the other end was not so stable either. I then slept for about 13 hours straight and was fine except a little weak after that. I caught it when I was sitting with my grandma in the nursing home. It killed her.
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02-02-2008, 04:26 PM #5
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Oh Wahine, that is so sad. My sympathies! It's scary that what is a minor illness for us younger and healthier can kill an elderly person. Originally Posted by Wahine
I had the norovirus and threw up for 8 hours straight. While I sat on the toilet because the other end was not so stable either. I then slept for about 13 hours straight and was fine except a little weak after that. I caught it when I was sitting with my grandma in the nursing home. It killed her.
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02-03-2008, 12:24 PM #6
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Oh Wahine..... That just makes me so sad!
I'm betting you miss your Grandma as much as I miss mine...
But yeah, norovirus is HORRIBLE! And I tend to get it very easily. My husband said he's never seen anyone puke as much as I do... sigh...
Of course he has NEVER puked in the time that we have been together- 15 years! A stomach of steel I say!!
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