Epidemic much?
Jul. 1st, 2008 06:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lady_saraiOkay, so last week was Week 1 of summer camp. I took Wednesday off and went to Six Flags with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zoe_chan and aradiachiba and it was SO FUN. It also had the added perk of allowing me to miss out on last Wednesday's adventures--two girls throwing up. One of them during free play, the other during a craft.
Next day, there were roughly 8 kids absent.
Friday? Out of 36 campers, *20* showed up. 9 of them were called out sick, apparently all throwing up--as was one of our counselors.
Yesterday I had a day off (don't ask, the rec department is cutting everyone's hours >_<), so I missed out on my Bart being absent, as well as 5 other kiddos.
Today, one of MY campers threw up--TWICE. Seeing as how yesterday was his first day of camp, we weren't sure if he was sick or if it was heat exhaustion. (We were out in direct sunlight all day and he was running around. It was HOT.)
So--out of my group of 9 campers, 1 of them went home after vomiting twice, Bart had a high fever--complete with chills--by the time he was picked up, two of my girls wound up taking naps instead of playing during free play, a total of five of them complained of headaches and stomachaches and one girl spent five minutes crying for literally no reason.
Either all our campers got heat exhaustion, or the flu is going around and is hitting my group (which, btw, is named "Sara's Seagulls (of the Sea)"--they named themselves).
Anyone have tips on how I can manage to avoid catching this bug? God help me.
And we go to Storyland on Thursday!! I wants to go!
Will not get sick. Will not get sick. Will not get sick. The fact that my stomach is twisty is due to being overtired and overheated all day, and also is a trick of my mind. Will have bland food and will not get sick!!
Also--there is nothing more pathetic than a very small child who feels sick. And at one point I was handling five of them.
zoe_chan and aradiachiba and it was SO FUN. It also had the added perk of allowing me to miss out on last Wednesday's adventures--two girls throwing up. One of them during free play, the other during a craft.Next day, there were roughly 8 kids absent.
Friday? Out of 36 campers, *20* showed up. 9 of them were called out sick, apparently all throwing up--as was one of our counselors.
Yesterday I had a day off (don't ask, the rec department is cutting everyone's hours >_<), so I missed out on my Bart being absent, as well as 5 other kiddos.
Today, one of MY campers threw up--TWICE. Seeing as how yesterday was his first day of camp, we weren't sure if he was sick or if it was heat exhaustion. (We were out in direct sunlight all day and he was running around. It was HOT.)
So--out of my group of 9 campers, 1 of them went home after vomiting twice, Bart had a high fever--complete with chills--by the time he was picked up, two of my girls wound up taking naps instead of playing during free play, a total of five of them complained of headaches and stomachaches and one girl spent five minutes crying for literally no reason.
Either all our campers got heat exhaustion, or the flu is going around and is hitting my group (which, btw, is named "Sara's Seagulls (of the Sea)"--they named themselves).
Anyone have tips on how I can manage to avoid catching this bug? God help me.
And we go to Storyland on Thursday!! I wants to go!
Will not get sick. Will not get sick. Will not get sick. The fact that my stomach is twisty is due to being overtired and overheated all day, and also is a trick of my mind. Will have bland food and will not get sick!!
Also--there is nothing more pathetic than a very small child who feels sick. And at one point I was handling five of them.
