Nowwalk Virus: A few things you might want to know (or not)

1. It is suggested that when one is considering getting the Norwalk virus that one should have more than a single bathroom in the house, both, preferably loaded with toilet paper (heirs and spares)

2. It is preferable to have plenty of clean underwear in the house.

3. Because you cook for a living, your family will assume you have food poisoning first.

4. Don't buy and clean two rabbits and make rabbit stock in preparation for the next nights supper, you will promptly get ill and the stock will sit on the stove (covered at least) for 7 days until you get out of hospital and throw it promptly away. (**Note to self: Husband would NOT make a good bachelor)

5. Goo Gone is excellent for removing the reside medical tape leaves on your IV site.

6. All sheets, nightgowns, jammies, blankets and items that came in contact with you whilst dealing with Norwalk virus must be washed, fumigated even, before ever coming in contact with your presence again.

7. The formulas:  X= Fluid In and Y = Fluids Out       

Good Formula:

    X > Y

Bad Formula:

  20Y+X (repeat this formula every two hours for 5 days) = Two days in hospital and 20 bags of saline drip. 

Study up!

Newton Wellesley is a really great hospital. I'd really like to thank all those ladies who pampered me (even the ones that kept bringing those needles!)

It is soooooooooooo nice to be home.

Comments

[Kalyn]

Does not sound fun. I'm glad you are ok now.

[Alecto]

Oh my, that sounds just about as awful as it gets! So very sorry to hear about the rabbit on the stove. I hate it when that happens!

[margalit]

Oh Jo, that so sucks donkey balls. But you did make Universal Hub, so hopefully plenty of people will stop by and say Get Well Soon, not that will make you feel much better! I wish I had known you were in NWH, I would have come to visit and brought you something to read. I'm sure you weren't eating much, eh?

Hopefully, you'll feel better soon. I'm so sorry you got so ill.

[rob sama]

YIKES!!! Hope you're feeling better...

[jess in boston]

oh no!! i'm so glad you're better now, and were well in time to enjoy (I hope?) the feast of the seven fishes. Stay healthy, will ya?

[Anna]

You poor thing! Norwalk is so unfun. Were you on a cruise ship recently? I feel so bad for you.. and for your rabbit stock!

[Tammy]

Good lord, how awful. You may now have me beat on the vomiting stats. Here's to a healthy New Year.

[jeena]

Hi there you have a brilliant blog here. :-)