Special Tummy Issues

WARNING: Um... when you have small children, talking about vomit is a normal thing. So if you don't really like to discuss things like that, you might not want to read this post. :o) I tried not to be too graphic...

My children seem to have their own style of stomach issues. Well, that is, in comparison to other little kids that I know. Maybe this is a normal thing with other kids (that I don't know) as well. Anyway, every once in a while one of the boys will wake up saying he's sick to his stomach. You know they're for real when they are all lethargic and can't get out of bed, since, you know, not much slows down a 3 and 5 year old. So, they lay around, eventually throw up, then they're fine for the rest of the day. There are variations on this. Sometimes they end up laying around for a few hours and throw up several times. But, almost always, by lunchtime they are fine and running around like nothing ever happened, even eating normally. Joshua did it Sunday before last. Woke up, laid around, fell back asleep, threw up once, then was fine for the rest of the day. Luke did it this past Friday morning, except he didn't really want to lay down, but couldn't help it. He threw up like 4 times because he kept saying he wanted to eat crackers. Then he was fine by 10:00 that morning and never showed a trace of sickness after that. Last night Micah wouldn't eat anything for supper, which is very strange for him. He wasn't acting sick; he just wouldn't eat. So I was waiting for it today. He was fine this morning and ate breakfast like normal. But at lunch he wouldn't eat again. He eventually threw up his water and little bit of food that he had eaten. After that he seemed perfectly fine. We'll see how he does at dinner tonight. This whole cycle is kind of normal for Joshua and Luke; it's not the first time they've done it. And they often seem to do it around the same time. I am thankful that they at least the whole thing doesn't drag on all day long. I wish I knew what caused it, though. Our close friends here (who have 3 kids the same ages as ours) recently dealt with almost 2 weeks of awful sickness that went through all the kids and the father. We thankfully didn't get that bug! The Lord is so gracious to us in taking care of our health, especially in a place where it's hard to get good medical care.