It Shall Not Be Vanquished

Petal's stomach bug hit me Thursday afternoon, but I was much better on Friday and we thought we were safe to make the Northward journey. Christmas Eve in Connecticut and Christmas Day in Maine went off without a hitch. But last night Shakira was hit. Then Petal got sick again - she hadn't thrown up since last Wednesday morning so I was really surprised. I spent most of the night up with Petal and during the night I realized my brother was sick too. Jack flew back to Maryland yesterday evening, but I woke up to an email from him that he'd gotten sick in the night also. Now my mom is fighting off waves of nausea. Blech.