The Rota is gonna get you...

Did we infect you yet? Our family's spree of infection is ended, I hope. Here's a step by step of our disease-spreading history:

• Ellie pukes at the retreat in front of Doreen's kids, into Doreen's hands. One of them (Doreen can't remember which) is infected. She is listless the rest of the day and is passed from person to person to be held. Sammy is infected.
• We try to visit Joanne and her new baby. Fortunately they are both asleep the entire time we are at their house. UNfortunately, many others are awake. Ellie infects Harold, Chris, and Mrs. Oh. Jojo quickly follows.
• Matthew pukes Sunday morning before church, I mistake it for spit up, and both of us go to the nursery later on. We infect Jadyn and Julie Park. LeeAnn plays with my kids at church and also gets infected. Harold and his family get his mom sick.
• I get sick, but I have the mildest case of us all.
• I feed Peter lactose-full milk and give him the runs. Then his rotavirus surfaces and he has it coming out both ends. What timing.
• Sammy has to go to the hospital as he has barfed so much he is dehydrated and can't walk. Gina, unable to carry his gigantic lifeless body, calls an ambulance. EMS workers get blood on her pristine carpet in repeated unsuccessful efforts to stick him with an IV. They will probably end up paying thousands of dollars because church insurance sucks.
• Jadyn gets Kayce sick.
• Somehow Ryan gets sick, either from his cousins, his aunt, or one of us.
• Sammy or Chris or his grandmother gets Austin sick.
• Apparently Lauren Keating gets sick, but I don't think we can take credit for that one.

It's almost impressive, no? Thirteen total affected by my children. Sheesh, this rotavirus is running rampant! Luckily we all had fairly mild cases that lasted only a few days. Peter usually says the diarrhea can last up to two weeks, but I don't think anyone's had it for more than 4 or 5 days. Most are less. Mine ended up being mostly stomach cramps from unreleasable gas. Friday night I was burping like crazy. It was the most refreshing thing...

Anyway, keep your hands clean. Try not to touch barf. Or poo, for that matter. And stop blaming us! We're past infectiousness now! Sor-ry!