Question about vomit

[tripperfunster]

Okay, so I don't know if it is the stomach flu or what, but Quincey came into the kitchen a little while ago (around midnight) whining, and barfing a little. I let him over to the sink, and he retched a few more times, and seemed to be okay. He got some on him, so I told him to hang tight and I'd run him a bath.

I asked him if he'd puked in his bed, and he said no, he didn't think so. Cool. I run the bath, put him in there, wash the kitchen floor, throw the mat and his pj's in the wash and think ... god, it still smells like barf in here. I go into his room, and OMFG! Well, I won't go into details, but suffice to say, there was LOTS OF BARF. Lots. On the bed. Soaked through into the mattress, spilling OFF his blankets, onto the floor. CHUNKS. Like, Def-con five, but with barf.

I'm a bit of a puke-a-phobe, so I don't know if I'm over reacting, but ... WTF am I supposed to do with bedding that ... saturated? ...and chunky? (did I mention the chunks?)

Personally, I am tempted to just THROW AWAY THE BEDDING. And possibly the bed. And maybe pack up the shit that didn't get spewed on and move house.

I cleaned up the floor as best I could, then hubby took the Bissel carpet cleaner thingie and cleaned the floor and mattress. I told him that if he wanted to save the sheets and blanket, that HE could clean them, but NOT ME!

Now that I've taken a shower and done the Haz-Mat scrub, let's hope this isn't something that's catching! *wibbles*



Sorry if I totes grossed you out!

ETA: 2 am: More barf, but in a bucket this time. yay!
2:30 am: Alarm company calls to say that that our alarm is going off, and our store has been broken into. Hubby goes into the city to see to that mess.
3:30 am: Hubby calls (and wakes me up) to say that yes, we were broken into, but they didn't trash the place or anything.
4:30am: More barfing. Also into the bucket.
5:30am: Hubby gets home. Proceeds to SHIVER in bed for the next two hours until I get up and get him a hot water bottle. He, of course, is convinced he has the stomach flu.
7:30 am: Here I am, with a total of about 3 hours of sleep, getting ready to go to work. I think I'll just let our other son stay home from school, since I have no way of getting him there, with hubby comatose. He will happily play video games all day. He was hilariously incredulous that he slept through everything last night. ;D

Comments

[theficklepickle.livejournal.com]

I sympathise, vomit is the one thing I can't stand either. My advice - fill the bath with soapy water, shove it all in there for an hour or so, let it soak, then transfer it to the washing machine and wash everything as hot as it will go. When you empty the bath, most of the crud should wash down the drain. Chase it down with a good dose of hot water and disinfectant and the place should be smelling sweet again by the end of the day. (I'd be lighting incense, too, but it's winter here and we don't open windows much at this time of year.) Good luck!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't doubt that there IS a way to clean that stuff, I just don't want any part of it! ;D

I think hubby took it outside, so the smell, at least is gone.

[euclase.livejournal.com]

How bad is the mattress? Baking soda will help get rid of the smell, but also, if you put the mattress outside in the sun (if you have any sun, that is), it will help a lot, too. The sun actually kills germs and stuff.

Also seconding the bathtub idea, especially if it's chunky. Whatever is solid will soften enough to go down the drain.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hee! Putting it out in the sun here, would mean making it a nice roost for the chickens! And THAT, certainly wouldn't make it smell any better! :D

[1scout.livejournal.com]

Ugh! I can't be around a person whose puking because I tend to spew too. Bleh. Poor little guy, I hope he's feeling better soon.
I had to keep Zack home from school yesterday because whenever he bent over or put too much effort in to anything, he had squirty diarrhea in his underpants. He was so angry about it that it was funny. He's stop what he would be doing and stomp to the bathroom while yelling about needing another clean pair of underpants.
And if it was me, I'd trash the bedding too. LOL!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor Zack! We had that problem last year. And yeah, he didn't feel terribly sick, but we went through quite a few pairs of underwear! :D

[majmunka.livejournal.com]

OMG, what a night... Poor you *hugz*

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Actually, I feel not too bad, considering. I will DEFINITELY be going home early, though! And having one hell of a nap. Just cross your fingers that i don't get sick too. I've been obsessively carefully washing my hands!!!!!

[mieronna.livejournal.com]

There are very few things I'm as grossed out by as vomit (especially the smelly, oh dear gods, the small...) so my reaction would be pretty much the same as yours - throw it away and damn the wasting!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hubby washed the blanket, but the sheets went in the trash! :D

[redheadsarehot.livejournal.com]

Ugh thats terrible, I'm sorry!

Are the sheets a light color? Can you bleach the ever loving fuck out of them? Thats what I would do! haha

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I"m not worried about the smell, it's the CHUNKS that I can't deal with.

Hubby washed the blanket, but we trashed the sheets. They were far from new anyway.

[eeyore9990.livejournal.com]

If you (really, hubby) wants to save the bedding, do the bathtub thing as described above, but after you've put them through the wash, dry them extra long in the dryer. Like, say, 70 minutes for sheets, more for blankets. That much heat for that long will kill any other germies that are lingering.

And get that spray Lysol/Clorox and spray the hell out of EVERYTHING.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

We used Nature's Miracle (a fantastic stain and odour remover) and then he used the bissel carpet cleaner on the floor and the mattress.

And then probably Febreeze. Hubby is addicted to the stuff!

[r-grayjoy.livejournal.com]

Well THAT was a night full of suck.

I have ISSUES with people barfing, but I can deal with the barf itself after the fact. Probably comes from having to clean up so much of it while working in the restaurant industry for years. Dear god, you would not believe the things people will do in public places!!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I own a retail store. I would TOTALLY belive what people do in public places. Needless to say, we no longer let people use our only employee bathroom. *shudder*

[xenafox.livejournal.com]

O___O Wow what a night! I don't have any tips, I'd be acting the same as you :D I haaate puke.

AND this is a reminder to for why I do noooot want children haha.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Aw hon, they do a hundred amazing things for every barfy night they have.

but I totally respect you if you don't want them. Not enough people sit down and think about it, ya know?

[antisocial-nerd.livejournal.com]

I'm totally a puke-a-phobe too. I'd totally toss it all. I'd try to save the mattress, but I'd be worried about the smell and stuff >.>

Ickles! Hope the fam (and store, did they take cash? Or just broke in like tools??) are okay!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

We used the bissel on the mattress, and it's fine now. We trashed the sheets.

As for the store, they just took some cash, and thankfully, didn't trash the place. *shakes fist*

[canonfodder123.livejournal.com]

Oh you poor things! I hate the smell of vomit with a passion - taking care of sick kids was one of the things I was responsible for at the boarding school I worked at. Picture Quincey times 10. It seems to have a daisy-chain effect in small kids too...the smell of the first one sets off the rest.

Bleh. Anyway, cleaning with white vinegar and then leaving stuff in the sun can get rid of some pretty nasty smells, or a weak bleach solution. Good luck hon!

Sucks about the break-in too - I'm glad to hear the place wasn't trashed. If people are going to burgle, at least do it semi-respectfully.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

DAISY CHAIN! Aside from the porno things that come to mind, it reminds me of the time that I was driving the kids to school and then the dogs to the groomers. Our Basset hound barfed about two miles into the trip, and then, quincey barfed from the smell of the dog puke.

HAPPY TIEMZ! We were late both for school AND the groomer!

[synn.livejournal.com]

I have nothing helpful to contribute, unfortunately, just contributing my sympathies that ... well, that you had to go through ANY of that at all.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thanks hon! I'm just grateful that it wasn't any worse. Oddly enough, I get pretty humble when my kids are annoying sick with something that isn't fatal. It really makes you bleed for the people who have kids that are TRULY sick. :(

In the whole scheme of things, a little barf isn't so bad. <3