I took a friend of mine and her 7 year old son who had fallen from the top of a slide to the hospital. As we waited to be called the little guy said, “I’m going to puke up.” Sure enough at that point he did. He had been sitting on my lap with my arms around him. He was a youngster that needed a lot of emotional support and he felt secure with me. He had vomited a lot and it stunk. The odour was very sour. Vomit grosses me out. But the boy had been so embarrassed I was determined not to show him how disgusted and repulsed I really felt about my soaked jeans. There was no way that I wanted him to feel worse than he already did. I used to work in long term care facilities and I could handle excrement. But vomit made me want to do it. I am thankful that I was able to hide my true feelings that afternoon.
I took a friend of mine and her 7 year old son who had fallen from the top of a slide to the hospital. As we waited to be called the little guy said, “I’m going to puke up.” Sure enough at that point he did. He had been sitting on my lap with my arms around him. He was a youngster that needed a lot of emotional support and he felt secure with me. He had vomited a lot and it stunk. The odour was very sour. Vomit grosses me out. But the boy had been so embarrassed I was determined not to show him how disgusted and repulsed I really felt about my soaked jeans. There was no way that I wanted him to feel worse than he already did. I used to work in long term care facilities and I could handle excrement. But vomit made me want to do it. I am thankful that I was able to hide my true feelings that afternoon.