getting sick on vacation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year we did a 7 hour drive with frequent administration of pepto and an emergency set of ziploc bags. Our whole family had some sort of noro-type gastric bug from the day after Christmas through Jan 2.

I would not recommend this.

Ugh I'm sorry. This is basically my nightmare. No actually, being on a plane with this is my nightmare. With a car at least you can pull over or give up and find a hotel or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:related but not an answer: Wasn’t there that nightmare vacation post from someone last year who had left their I’ll nanny behind in a hotel, only to get sick along with her kids on the plane ride home?

This would be my consideration,

OP here, and I remember this thread well. And definitely one reason I get anxiety about illness when I travel.

[Anonymous]

Well, we are currently at my ILs and my 18mo old started throwing up yesterday so I’ll let you know...

[Anonymous]

My kids tend to stop puking after 24 hrs. I would send a healthy parent home with any healthy kids on time and stay an extra night with the sick kid.
If I absolutely could not wait, I would call in a favor from a Dr friend and get Zofran Rx and pack lots of extra clothes, a towel and gallon zip top bags for the flight.

My younger son has twice had croup within 36hrs of flying home. We took him to urgent care and they gave him a steroid shot that make it stop almost immediately. At home we would wait it out, but urgent cares seemed to be sympathetic to us getting on a plane.

[Anonymous]

We’re at the in-laws and my 5-year-old has the flu. I’m set to fly home alone with my three kids on Monday while my husband goes elsewhere for work. Praying he’s fine by then and the rest of us don’t get it. I’m not sure what I’ll do if one of them feels sick. If I have it we’ll reschedule. In October I was flying with them solo to meet my husband somewhere and on the way to the airport the same kid said his stomach hurt. We sat down in our airplane seats and literally at that moment he started vomiting. He threw up the entire flight. All the while I was holding my lap infant. Such a fun flight.

[Anonymous]

I'd stay a few extra days if possible. If it was driving distance and we flew, I'd consider renting a car after the few days/child better. If we were supposed to leave, I'd probably just cancel the trip or go when everyone is better. My child got sick once a trip but luckily it only lasted 24 hours or so.