My husband came home the other day, tired and fatigued. Of course, he’s usually tired and fatigued after working on cars for hours anyways. However, he was more fatigued than usual, and after sitting on the sofa for not more than a few minutes, he went to lay down on the bed, saying that he felt nauseous. I didn’t think much of it until I received a call from my son’s school nurse saying that he had just thrown up at school. Yes, it was a case of the stomach bug.
In a big family such as ours, it’s often hard to get rid of the stomach bug and any other virus that passes through. It always takes a long time for everyone in the household to catch the virus, and by the time the last person gets the bug, it seems to have mutated enough that it now is something new and passes through the family again. Often times then, if we’re not careful, we’ll play hot potatoes with a virus a second round before finally getting rid of it.
It’s important then for us to really sanitize everything really well. My favorite product to keep on hand are those sanitizing wipes. Anyone can easily take a sheet out and wipe off counters, tables, and other surfaces without having to fuss much. Sometimes, if I don’t have a sanitizing wipe available, I’ll even use a baby wipe or wet wipe. They seem to work well, just without the added disinfectant. Before the sanitizing wipes, I used to keep watered down rubbing alcohol in a bottle to spray on surfaces, not sure if that was very effective, but it did seem to do the job. I also keep lots of travel-sized hand sanitizers in my purse. A parent of one of the students that I used to teach told me once that when she picked up her kids afterschool, she even made all her kids use hand-sanitizer before getting in the car.
Of course though, all these these precautions still don’t guarantee that you’ll be bug free; however, being cautious is always better. How about your family, what are some preventive measures that you take? We would love to hear from you! Comment back to this post.
