Mother's Group this week is at the house of someone who hasn't hosted yet, she's lovely and I've really been looking forward to it. It's usually today, but has been shifted to Friday so anyone who works today can go. However, the host has just posted on fb that she and one of her older sons are sick with gastro. Have been sleeping on and off all day, and only keeping water down if they're lucky. Apparently feeling maybe 50% better.
I can't help thinking if it were me, I'd cancel hosting and ask someone else to do it. Don't gastro bugs hang around for a while? I'm already thinking I might not cram so much into Thursday and do some on Friday like I'd normally do, and skip mg this week. DD and I have only just gotten rid of a cold (her first, it was awful) and I don't want her sick again. I'm due back at work in two weeks and I don't want us sick for those last weeks together. But then I'm also sad to miss it because it's our second last one
I'd send her a message/call and see how she is. MG dynamics can be tricky - she may feel like she shouldn't cancel as she hasn't hosted or even not be thinking about infecting everyone else. Maybe offer an alternative and see what she thinks but I'd try and actually suss her out in person.
I hate gastro and try and avoid it and those who have been affected for days!!! FWIW - we have to be clear 24hrs from an episode before we go back to work.
Gastro bugs can also be over pretty quick - I know if I was in her position I probably wouldn't even be thinking about making a call on whether to host it or not till Wed arvo if it is on Friday. If more of the family come down with it (assume she has a little one) then definitely would be cancelling it. If suggesting on FB doing anything different I would do in a personal message rather than on the wall. Also lots of people call any type of stomach upset 'gastro' especially on FB as is easier to type than stomach upset so might not actually be anything infectious at all.
FWIW in child care centres, following suspected gastro, children are recommended to be excluded for 24hrs after the last vomit or diarrhea. Assuming no one else gets sick I would still go / be okay with it, but that's me personally.
Hmm good point about it maybe not actually being gastro. I think I might wait til tomorrow night and then send a pm asking how she is (so far I've only commented on her post that I hope they're resting up and feeling better soon). If they're still no good or one of the other two boys has come down with it I'll probably just explain that we might skip it. I'd rather be too cautious and keep DD healthy, and I'm certain she'd understand.
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