Big Boy Luke is 7 today! He decided at the last minute that he would like to share cupcakes with his class at school. In an effort to make this birthday extra special I walk him to school, get a head count and tell Mrs. Knight I will be back after I take Isaiah to preschool. Around 9 am I walk into Luke’s class with 24 cupcakes and a little treat for teacher. Luke immediately walks up to me and says, “Mommy, my tummy hurts.” I usually ignore those comments because my kids get “nervous stomachs” when they are excited. Birthday hat, birthday pencil from the front office and cupcakes to share with the class…..what little boy wouldn’t be excited??!! I give him a hug and kiss and tell him he will be okay.
Around 10 am I get a phone call from the school nurse, “Mrs. Riley, Luke is in the office and he has vomitted twice, ..once IN the classroom and once in the office he needs to go home now.” I get there and walk into the front office. On the floor of the front office are two rolls of paper towels spread up obviously absorbing something…….he had literally thrown up on the office floor!
Poor guy, they had just passed out the cupcakes, he had taken one bite of frosting and then lost it.
Nurse was so kind….she gave us a vomit bag for the road.