Students vomiting all over South and West Quad. Amazingly, alcohol not involved
Apparently there's a norovirus outbreak going on in South Quad and West Quad. The source of the outbreak is unknown.
So unless it's absolutely necessary, stay the hell out of there. Norovirus ranks pretty high on the "things that make you feel like you're dying" list.
https://www.michigandaily.com/section/news/students-reporter-illness-outbreak
February 18th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
I remember getting the "Markley Plague" in February/March 2004 (and I didn't even live in Markley!). It was absolutely 100% miserable for a week or so, and I remember having to get UHS to write me a letter allowing me to make up all of my midterms I was missing. One of my professors rewrote the midterm questions specifically for me and I'm convinced made them 50% harder out of annoyance for having to make a special accommodation.
I wouldn't wish that illness on my worst enemies.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
I lived on 4th Reeves in Markley for the 2004 Markley Plauge. It was the guy across the hall from me who started the whole thing. Friday night he had a girl from home come visit, she wasn't feeling well but he thought nothing of it. Sunday was the Super Bowl and we had a party in the common area, by Tuesday everyone in the hall had it.
We were quarantined for the week and excused from all exams, labs, papers, etc. By Thursday we all felt well enough that it became one of the best weeks of the year. None of us told our parents (Quarantine -NBD right?) and only through national news outlets did they start to call to see if we were all ok.
All in all, you feel like crap for a few days but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!
February 18th, 2016 at 10:57 AM ^
That's how I can get to 220...nah, I'll do it the old fashioned way.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:59 AM ^
February 18th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
Not sure if you intended the use of sh*t to be a pun, but if you did, well done.
February 18th, 2016 at 11:00 AM ^
"I don't take vacations. I don't get sick. I don't observe major holidays. I'm a jackhammer." - Harbaugh
Let's hope the Harbaughs stick around Ann Arbor long-term, if for no other reason than so that their genes can supplant those of the mere mortals currently inhabiting the area.
February 18th, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^
February 18th, 2016 at 11:19 AM ^
I picked up Norovirus in Aruba a few years ago - apparently, there was an outbreak on a cruise ship that stopped in Aruba at the same time that I was there. It was horrible. I spent three days trying to sleep on the bathroom floor, since I couldn't drag myself back to bed (and, since I was never out of the bathroom for more than 30 minutes). It was the sickest I have ever felt. My family and I nicknamed it the "Aruba death bug." I lost 10 pounds in three days.
February 18th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
I guess that's one way to lose weight for Spring Break.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:40 PM ^
February 18th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
Quit Puking and go to bed
Sincerely, David Brandon
February 18th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
Pictures or it didn't happen.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:14 PM ^
Its going all around Ann Arbor. I had last weekend and then promptly got my wife sick. I have a few friends that also had it in the past week.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:24 PM ^
Most of that lost weight is water. This is literally how stomach bugs can kill you.
The first time I got norovirus I tried to "tough it out". I eventually passed out in shock after puking bile and blood and wound up in an ambulance.
The second time I tried to "tough it out". I couldn't hold down water. Eventually my wife took me to ER and as soon as they measured my BP I was waved through triage. I was acutely dehydrated; my vitals were dropping (low BP, elevated heartrate) and my pee was brown. They had me on an IV all night and didn't release me until the next morning.
The third time I didn't quite tough it out but I still waited too long. ER put two liters of saline into me and my BP still hadn't recovered. Despite pushing fluids I'd lost about 3 liters in ten hours. That's a "keep it up and you will die" pace of dehydration.
There's a line between "toughing it out" and "dying", and that line is called "stupid". I'm stupid enough for all of us; don't try to tough out norovirus. It won't kill you in an hour or a day, but if you can't rehydrate you CAN die, and it's 100% preventable. Even if you don't die, severe dehydration can cause organ damage. Not to mention norovirus is extremely contagious so if you show up at ER puking, they generally know the deal because odds are you're not the first.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
I feel like you left out the detail of how you got it three times...
February 18th, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^
Buying coolers off Craigslist in Ohio?
February 18th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
February 18th, 2016 at 3:47 PM ^
It comes around every 4-5 years or so, despite my best efforts to avoid it. Apparently I have a certain blood type that makes me particularly susceptible to it.
Anyway, that's my PSA. Norovirus almost killed me; I figured I'd at least warn people about it. If the only purpose for my comment that people can see is to joke about it, at least I did my part.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:38 PM ^
gotta be the chicken broccoli bake again
February 18th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
Wash your damn hands, kids!
February 18th, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
Luckily I lived in a small house with a small bathroom.
There's just nothing like shitting 10% of your body weight, then just leaning forward (while still "dripping") and projectile vomiting another 5% out of your mouth.
crawl into the shower, then onto the floor to sleep
rinse & repeat.
over & over for 2-3 days.
My wife just kept opening the door and delivering gatorade, blankets & TP.
It's just impossible to replace fluid fast enough, usually leaves you weak for many days after.
February 18th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
My son and my husband had it a few years back and both went to the emergency room. Just the worst.
February 18th, 2016 at 1:23 PM ^
In '03 or maybe '04 when I was in school there was something called the "Markley flu" that was going around for a couple weeks which sounds exactly like this.
Those afflicted were struck down with the same symptoms and the halls of UHS filled with the shambling wrecks of what previously had been students.
Seriously though I recall it being the most awful thing ever. My sincere sympathy to those who are ill
February 18th, 2016 at 2:27 PM ^
How can the afflicted spread it to Columbus, OH?
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February 18th, 2016 at 6:22 PM ^
worst 72 hours of my life. slept on the bathroom floor delirious. couldn't even keep powerade down. was so sick my dog didn't even bother me to go outside for most of the time i was down.
February 18th, 2016 at 6:37 PM ^
I got this once, or something similar, ten or so years ago. I was driving home to LA from Vegas on new years day when we decided to stop at the state line to get some food and a hotel room as the traffic just was not moving. A few hours later the traffic is mostly gone so we go back on the road and thats when my tainted McDonald's hit me...in traffic, driving home with Vegas. Luckily the diarhea didn't start until I got home but we had to pull over for vomit breaks frequently and as a bonus, due to the dry Vegas weather, I had a nose bleed at the same time. I ended up staying in bed for a week after that, those poor damn kids.
February 18th, 2016 at 8:18 PM ^
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