A Long 24 hours (warning: this post includes intense scenes of disgusting and possibly disturbing images, read at your own risk)

So about 24 hours ago I was feeding Cayden on the couch and he proceeded to throw up all over me, himself, and the couch. This wasn't just a little bit of spit up, it was the full on thing. I started scrambling with stripping Cayden down, throwing him in the bath and changing out of my nasty clothes. Let's just say that Cayden was screaming throughout this entire process as he did not understand what was going on. All he wanted was to be held. So I called Matthew who was working so diligently at the library and told him that he had to go rent a steam cleaner so we could clean our couch. That was the start of what was a very long day as we worked on steam cleaning all our furniture and all the carpets. What a job that is! So later that night we put Cayden down to bed and watched a movie. We were both so exhausted that we decided we needed to get to bed "on time" (11:00) so we were almost there when Cayden began screaming. We went in to his room and there was throw up everywhere. So we stripped him down, threw him in the bath, cleaned up everything, and got him back to sleep. We are just praying that we could sleep the rest of the night. But at 4:30 am he cried again so I got up with him. This time I thought he was hungry, so I fed him and just as he was finishing up, he threw up all over me and our bed. So once again we stripped Cayden down (thankfully we didn't have to bathe him as it was mostly on my clothes and bed), changed our bedding, I changed my clothes and we got back to bed. What a long night! Cayden slept til 9 and when he woke up, he had pooped out of his diaper so we went through the same process all over again. Fortunately, we had placed a towel on his bed sheets so we didn't have to change his sheets again! Poor guy has been through a lot and it has only been 24 hours. He is completely exhausted as I write this so he is now sleeping again. Hopefully this is the end of it I don't think I could have ever prepared myself for dealing with a baby who has the flu. There are just so many things that go wrong and he has no way of preparing us for them! Thankfully niether Matthew nor I have not gotten sick so far. We are praying that we don't as we have a lot going on this week! So if everyone could please keep us in your prayers, that would be very much appreciated!

P.S.-This is Matthew. Melissa failed to mention in the above post that last night we also went out for supper with Troy and Janna. Just before our food came, Cayden made "the face" which we have come to realize means his bowels are moving. Out of the goodness of my heart, I told Melissa I would take him to the bathroom to change him. I layed Cayden down on the changing table and as I was undoing his diaper I realized that the mess was not confined to the diaper, it was in fact, all the way up his back. Melissa has this pretty handy little diaper changing bag which contains a diaper and some wipes. This is what I brought with me. Unfortunately, the amount of Cayden's discharge far exceeded the number of wipes that were left in that little pack, so I pulled out my cell phone, thankful that I had brought it. I called Melissa (no answer), Troy (no answer), Janna (no answer), Troy again (still no answer). I coudn't leave Cayden in there and I didn't want to carry a half naked and dirty baby back through the restaurant. I had to strip Cayden down and wipe him up with toilet paper and wet paper towels. Remember I'm doing this in the men's bathroom so guys are constantly walking in and wondering what is going on. Finally, I guess Melissa decided it was taking just a bit too long (no sarcasm there on my part), so she sent Troy in to check on me. Fortunately, Melissa did have a change of clothes for Cayden in the diaper bag. Just a little story I thought might give you a little better "flavor" for what we have been dealing with.