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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 9:55:29 GMT -5
My daughter got it from her BFF. So, I am trying to sterlize the house as much as possible. I already scrubbed down the kitchen counters and washed all the dishes (rewashed some of them.) Door knobs, and obviously the bathroom. The remote, the mouse and the computer keyboard. What else do I need to scrub today?
Is it too late? Did the rest of us already catch it and it is roaming through our bodies right now, just waiting for the perfect moment to come to the surface?
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Post by yogiii on Feb 18, 2015 10:42:10 GMT -5
Your time as a toilet-hugger seems inevitable
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Feb 18, 2015 10:43:44 GMT -5
Maybe it was food poising. You can always hope.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 10:43:47 GMT -5
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 10:45:07 GMT -5
Maybe it was food poising. You can always hope. I don't think so because we ate all the same stuff.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Feb 18, 2015 10:46:14 GMT -5
Maybe it was food poising. You can always hope. I don't think so because we ate all the same stuff. Maybe your daughter and her BFF shared some bad sushi.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 10:47:41 GMT -5
Then my daughter is tough, because her BFF had it last Thursday.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Feb 18, 2015 10:50:25 GMT -5
Then my daughter is tough, because her BFF had it last Thursday. You can always hope.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Feb 18, 2015 10:50:55 GMT -5
The virus can live on hard surfaces for about 2 weeks, so make sure to go through the house with some Lysol and spray it all down. Wash all the bedding. Spray the couch, the floor, the bathrooms. Anything she may have touched. Hopefully that helps if you've not already been in contact with it. Otherwise make sure you have everything on-hand that you will need and make yourself as comfortable as possible.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 10:52:20 GMT -5
I am sure she touched it all. The couch for sure. The last time it went through my family it took 5 weeks to hit the 4 of us.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Feb 18, 2015 10:55:31 GMT -5
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 11:05:00 GMT -5
That was good. And uncharacteristically, I am out of bleach. I will make a run to the store.
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Post by Pants on Feb 18, 2015 11:17:40 GMT -5
Thyme - it depends on what the virus is. The best thing you can do is wash your hands constantly. And make her wash her hands constantly. Everybody wash their hands.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Feb 18, 2015 11:57:52 GMT -5
Hydrogen peroxide would also work to kill it. I keep spray bottles of it handy instead of using bleach. Especially on things the kids will touch.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 12:04:26 GMT -5
I still don't have a plan for the couch.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 18, 2015 12:15:09 GMT -5
I take away regular towels and give them paper towels.
I don't allow them to touch each other AT ALL!!!
I take out paper plates and paper cups and it gets thrown out immediately after using. No lingering half finished water or anything like that.
And when all else fails - I cry and pray
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 18, 2015 19:26:26 GMT -5
I put paper towels in the bathroom and kitchen and bleached the shit out of every surface, door knob, etc. I washed clothes, blankets, towels and the bath mat on the "sanitize" cycle.
She just ate a bowl of soup and has been pleasant all day. I will hope that if it cycles through, it will be as easy on all of us.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 21, 2015 13:04:03 GMT -5
How many days until I feel safe? I was thinking 7-10.
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Post by Spellbound454 on Feb 21, 2015 18:36:06 GMT -5
Do you know which bug it is? Norovirus is killed by bleach
When ever one of us has had a stomach upset I've confined them to a particular toilet Put bleach down every time they visit the loo and sprayed handles with dettox like you have done. Banned them from preparing food and kept washing hands and using sanitising gel
Usually the rest of us haven't got the bug
Like has been said...good toilet hygiene and thorough hand washing is as effective as anything.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 4, 2015 19:22:37 GMT -5
Two full weeks and no other incidences. Either it wasn't contagious, or bleaching the hell out of every surface I could worked. Given that she was quite well the next day - I'm thinking the former. But, my house has been sanitized - once every three years, if it needs it or not, right?
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 4, 2015 20:25:25 GMT -5
One girl at daycare puked yesterday, and another kid went down today. DH was terrified last night, such that he was going to skip dinner. Thinking of this thread, I asked him if he wasn't going to eat for 2 weeks. He ate some dinner.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 5, 2015 8:14:36 GMT -5
LOL - just tell him to wash his hands every 15 minutes, and use bleach on everything. I didn't pour bleach on my hands, but I didn't use gloves when I was wiping everything with my 8-to-1 solution. My hands were pretty raw after 2 days. Totally worth it.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 5, 2015 8:19:33 GMT -5
How about Lysol? Will that work? Our youngest got it last night. . He's running around feeling pretty good now. DH and I are nervous as hell.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 5, 2015 9:03:58 GMT -5
Read the article in post #10. It talks about lysol. I did spray some of it around, but for the hard surfaces (counters, doorknobs, the entire bathroom, etc.) I used the bleach spray. I cleaned off the remote, the iPad and the computer keyboard. I also had several rolls of paper towels going, and did wash everything in hot water. I didn't bag up the blankets, but I did throw them in the washer, and then re-bleach the area that I carried them through. I bought those Kleenex pop-up hand towels for the kid's bathroom, and put a roll of paper towels next to the kitchen sink.
I'm sure I overdid it, but it gave me something to do. If I had done all of that and still got sick - I could say that I tried. If I hadn't done it and gotten sick, I would have been pissed off at myself. And, as I said before - a hard core cleaning every once in a while is probably a good thing - or at least not a bad thing. I know lots of people who live their lives being as anal and clean as I was for 3 days.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 5, 2015 9:31:28 GMT -5
Oh no. I'm afraid we're screwed. DS's whole crib was a mess.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Mar 5, 2015 10:09:07 GMT -5
Oh no!! I hope it's contained to just DS and the rest of you don't catch it.
BLEACH ALL THE THINGS!! lol!
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 5, 2015 10:17:28 GMT -5
Oh no. I'm afraid we're screwed. DS's whole crib was a mess. Start cleaning. Bleach is so cheap - just get a spray bottle and go for it. Wipe down the doors and walls, and anything else DS touches a lot. And just keep washing your hands and dry them with paper towels.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 5, 2015 10:18:43 GMT -5
DH tried putting the bleach water on the wood furniture, and it wrecked it. I'm not home right now--hopefully it's just a small spot. We're so screwed. DH and older son have tickets to see Monster Jam on Saturday. I so hope that's not going to be $50 down the drain. ETA: I guess I'm just going to focus on the hand washing for the most part.
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Post by Spellbound454 on Mar 7, 2015 20:25:26 GMT -5
Oh well.....if its any consolation ......its good for a bit of weight loss.
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Post by bookkeeper on Mar 8, 2015 17:04:10 GMT -5
I often spray down the light switches with Lysol. In addition to the switches, I spray faucet handles, toilet handles, door knobs, remotes, refrigerator handles and car keys.
We had a visitor in the house last week with a stomach bug, and my husband caught it. I started spraying away and neither me or my other house guest had any difficulty.
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