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July 25, 2005
Puking Child
n. Vomit
v. vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its
v. intr.
To eject part or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.... barf, be seasick, be sick, belch, bring up, disgorge, dry heave, emit, expel, gag, heave, hurl, keck, lose it, puke, regurgitate, retch, ruminate, spew, spit up, throw up, upchuck...
To hoist chow, to yuke, to lose one's lunch, to blow chunks, to whistle beef, to toss one's cookies, to ralph, to boot, to worship at the alter of Brother John, to go Linda Blair, to barf up a lung, to bend and send, to drive the porcelain bus, to hork, to launch lunch, the big spit, to undo dinner...
All joking aside, it is a horribly heart wrenching sound to hear a small child dry heaving. Upon going into the bathroom, to hold Rachel's hair out of her face, and reassuringly rub her back, another heave hits, and it literally brings her up OFF her feet, wherein she almost falls face first into the toilet. Then she looks up at me with that sweet little face, and an expression that says "I am trying to be a brave little trooper"; it makes me feel all the more powerless to help her, and she turns her face back to the bowl for another round of "Try to pass your toes through your mouth".
She is resting now, thankfully... and is even asking what's for lunch.
Don't think so, sweet pea. Not until you can keep down water.
Posted by TheFreud at July 25, 2005 11:18 AM
