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Tips for Being Prepared for Sickness on Vacation

Life Hacks, Uncategorized

This post has been sponsored by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare. All thoughts and reviews are my own.

Vacation and adventure are my favorite things about summer. In the past few years, I’ve taken advantage of the flexible schedule that working from home and homeschooling allow my family. Traveling as a single Mom can be daunting, but I’ve found that planning and preparation go along way to make vacationing alone with children as stress free as possible.

Have you ever found yourself on vacation with a sick child? On my first vacation as a single Mom, I was completely unprepared and had no children’s medication packed. Running out for medication meant gathering all of my kids in the car and looking for a store in an unfamiliar location.

When going on vacation I always pack Children’s Advil®, Children’s Robitussin® and Children’s Dimetapp® to tackle the ickiest of symptoms. I can treat just about any minor aliment that pops up on vacation with these 3 Pfizer Consumer Healthcare medications, itch relief cream, and a small first aid kit.

My children often get headaches while on vacation. I often think the break from routine and later bedtimes bring on these headaches. Children’s Advil® is a great solution for aches and pains for kids between 2 and 11 years old, with the added bonus of reducing fever, should a summer virus hit while away on vacation. With several great-tasting flavors including Sugar-free Dye-free Berry, Bubble Gum, Grape, Blue Raspberry, Fruit and Dye-Free White Grape there is a choice for every family.

Small quarters on vacation and a coughing child result in sleepless nights for the whole family. That’s why I pack Children’s Robitussin® Extended-Release 12 Hour Cough Relief to control and relieve symptoms all day or all night.

When a cold hits on vacation the perfect answer is Children’s Dimetapp® Multi-Symptom Cold Relief Dye-Free to ease symptoms of stuffy and runny noses, while also quieting a cough.

Before your next vacation invest in a locking medication container. When aches and pains or a cold hit during vacation being prepared with reliable medication will have your child’s symptoms under control quickly.

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July 14, 2017 · 104 Comments

About Amanda

Amanda is an adventurous mom of six based in southern Virginia. She’s teaching her crew to live life to the fullest whether they are home on the farm or trekking through a new concrete jungle. She's passionate about intentional mothering through life’s joys and challenges, and learning to embrace the gift of each new day together.

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  1. Sheila K. says

    July 14, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    I have not ever been caught with a sick chid on vacation—just lucky, I guess!

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  2. shelly peterson says

    July 14, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    My grandson got sick while traveling in the car and threw up. I felt really bad for him.

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  3. Julie Wood says

    July 14, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    Yes I have. My daughter got really sick when we were flying to Disneyland one year. It was awful. She was sick for 3 days.

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  4. kelly tupick says

    July 14, 2017 at 3:07 pm

    Yes, My daughter got sick while on a car trip from NH to Niagara Falls.

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  5. Donna L says

    July 14, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    Yes I have and it’s horrible.

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  6. Jessica To says

    July 14, 2017 at 4:13 pm

    My son has had the croup on vacation among other ailments!

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  7. Starla says

    July 14, 2017 at 5:00 pm

    So many great products that we have relied on for years. I have had this experience while on a cruise and it was awful. I have learned from this and come fully prepared now, lol!

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  8. Elena says

    July 14, 2017 at 5:26 pm

    Yes, my child got sick on a trip once

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  9. Natalie says

    July 14, 2017 at 7:19 pm

    My niece once got bronchitis while we were on vacation in Colorado. We spent most of the day in urgent care.

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  10. James Robert says

    July 14, 2017 at 9:15 pm

    Many times we have had one of the 5 or more who has gotten sick. No fun!

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  11. Lauren says

    July 14, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    Yes, both of my kids have been sick on vacation. It is not fun.

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  12. Tabathia B says

    July 14, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    Yes we just returned from the beach and my daughter spent almost two days in bed due to illness

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  13. Elle says

    July 15, 2017 at 3:03 am

    Yes, of course I have!

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  14. Shayna Brookman says

    July 15, 2017 at 7:50 am

    No, I have been lucky so far, no sick kids on vacation.

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  15. mami2jcn says

    July 15, 2017 at 10:26 am

    Yes, my son threw up all over our rental car on vacation once.

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  16. Marilyn Nawara says

    July 15, 2017 at 11:22 am

    Yes, and it’s no fun. Found out that our medical insurance didn’t cover out of state med center visits.

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  17. Sandy says

    July 15, 2017 at 12:49 pm

    Yes, it has happened to us. Good information to remember to pack.

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  18. Kelly D says

    July 15, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    Yes this has happened to before. Luckily it wasn’t anything too bad.

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  19. Chrissy says

    July 15, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    Sadly yes. We took my daughter to France when she was 9 months old and she developed a fever and really bad diaper rash. It was horrible trying to find the medicine we needed in a different language and I will never travel again without some basic medicines with me!

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  20. heather says

    July 15, 2017 at 10:16 pm

    Yes the kids have been sick on vacation and I love to use Children’s Advil.

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  21. Wendy R. says

    July 16, 2017 at 3:54 am

    I’ve had kids be sick several times while out of town. It’s never fun for us, or them. Once, my oldest son threw up in the back seat of the car while it was full of people. Ohhh what a mess!

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  22. Kimberly O says

    July 16, 2017 at 5:00 am

    I have been lucky and not caught with a sick child on vacation. Thanks!

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  23. Lisa Brown says

    July 16, 2017 at 8:35 am

    My kids have been sick but usually very mild sickness, nothing extreme, luckily.

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  24. Char says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:41 am

    I do not like being sick. My kiddos throw up every few months, so it’s rough. Thanks for the great offer!

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  25. marina says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:42 am

    I’ve been sick on vacation once

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  26. Darcy Koch says

    July 16, 2017 at 11:31 am

    No. I have been very fortunate to not have a sick kid while on vacation. Of course, even if they weren’t feeling the best they probably wouldn’t say anything.

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  27. Stephanie Shipley says

    July 16, 2017 at 11:41 am

    Yes, my son has gotten sick while on vacation visiting relatives out of state. We bought over the counter medicine at first, but ended up taking him to the emergency room to be seen. Not fun!

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  28. elcane desir says

    July 16, 2017 at 12:40 pm

    my niece got a really bad toothache luckily she had a really good insurance plan that almost every dentist accepts

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  29. Sandy H says

    July 16, 2017 at 1:53 pm

    I had this experience on a beach vacation and so not fun.

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  30. Steve Weber says

    July 16, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    I don’t have kids so NO thank goodness!

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  31. Bridgett Wilbur says

    July 16, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    I am lucky to say I have not had a sick kid on vacation yet.

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  32. Bryan Vice says

    July 16, 2017 at 2:53 pm

    YES 🙁 and i hated seeing my little girl not feeling well couldnt enjoy herself really sucks to see your child not feel good anytime but she really wanted to go swimming

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  33. Julie Bickham says

    July 16, 2017 at 4:53 pm

    Ohhh yes and it was a stomach bug! Soooo not fun!

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  34. Albert Ruiz says

    July 16, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    Praise GOD our kids have never been sick while being on vacation

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  35. Madonna says

    July 16, 2017 at 6:46 pm

    Yes we went to Florida one year and my daughter got a cold while there.

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  36. Melissa says

    July 16, 2017 at 6:55 pm

    I’ve had sick kids on several vacations over the years. It’s no fun for anyone!

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  37. HS says

    July 16, 2017 at 7:04 pm

    Yes, my kids got sick on our cruise trip, the whole time we stayed in the room and dealt with vomit.

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  38. Tara Darity says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:08 pm

    Yes my kids have been sick on vacation before. Not fun at all!

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  39. Christine Labelle says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:15 pm

    My kids have never been sick on vacation, but I have with them. We went on a beach trip and I was horribly sick!

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  40. Dwayne Berry says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:17 pm

    Nope. Luckily my daughter doesn’t get sick very often. Now, I’ve been sick on vacation plenty of times.

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  41. Noah Ramer says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:27 pm

    Thankfully, no, but now that I say that it’s probably gonna happen. Thanks Murphy’s Law!

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  42. Carrie Messer says

    July 16, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    I have been caught several times with a sick kid on vacation so now I always carry meds with us just in case!

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  43. Thomas Murphy says

    July 16, 2017 at 11:51 pm

    No I have never been caught with a sick chid on vacation

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  44. harold says

    July 17, 2017 at 12:27 am

    Many times, it ruins everything for everyone, there’s no swimming, no fun activities, just really bad.

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  45. Alaine says

    July 17, 2017 at 12:50 am

    not yet but my little guy is only 3 so we have many years ahead!!!

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  46. Jeanne Rousseau says

    July 17, 2017 at 1:19 am

    Luckily the older my son gets the less he gets sick, being sick on vacation is the worst!

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  47. elizabeth miller says

    July 17, 2017 at 8:26 am

    We did a 19 hour drive with 3 kids to visit family at Thanksgiving in Mississippi. The one that is usually the best behaved was miserable the whole ride. When we got there, we had all the kids get showers. He was the last one to get a shower and came out coated in chicken pox. It was horrible.

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  48. Aliika says

    July 17, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Never been sick on vaca

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  49. GENA VIGGIANI says

    July 17, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    YES, THE FLU HIT MY STEPDAUGHTER PRETTY HARD ON OUR WAY TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK FOR THE WEEKEND!

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  50. jeremy mclaughlin says

    July 17, 2017 at 1:48 pm

    When we went to Disney World my son got the stomach bug, this was 9 years ago.

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  51. Jenette says

    July 17, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    I’ve never had a child get sick while on vacation although my now 8 year old got car sick while we were traveling 1000 miles to visit family.

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  52. Kortney Lah says

    July 18, 2017 at 1:07 pm

    But of course, I think the most of us have! Happens a lot!

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  53. Lori Jackson says

    July 18, 2017 at 1:20 pm

    Sadly, yes we have and it was horrible! My Son was 4yrs old and we were visiting Family in Canada. Not only was the medicine so expensive our usual brand tasted off. Plus you just cant get good rest if your not at home.

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  54. Terry says

    July 18, 2017 at 5:41 pm

    I have been caught with my granddaughter being sick and was not fun.

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  55. Cynthia says

    July 18, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    Luckily we have not.

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  56. jacqueline v says

    July 18, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    no im the only one thats ever gotten sick!

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  57. Suzanne says

    July 19, 2017 at 8:24 am

    Not yet

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  58. Edye says

    July 19, 2017 at 10:54 am

    I have no kids of my own.

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  59. Jennifer W says

    July 19, 2017 at 3:15 pm

    I haven’t, but I’m sure it will happen so it’s nice to be prepared.

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  60. Ashley B. says

    July 19, 2017 at 7:19 pm

    Little colds only, luckily!

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  61. Meredith Brooks says

    July 21, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    Yes. We were driving home from Nashville to Houston & on the drive home my daughter had 101 fever. Thankfully I had a first aid kit.

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  62. Neiddy says

    July 22, 2017 at 12:43 am

    We have never had our children get sick while on vacation. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  63. Missy says

    July 22, 2017 at 6:33 pm

    Yes, we were all miserable. 🙁

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  64. Shaun E says

    July 22, 2017 at 8:47 pm

    So far I haven’t.

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  65. Mary Cloud says

    July 22, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    So far the only sickness has been car sickness

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  66. Heather D says

    July 23, 2017 at 3:31 am

    I’ve been caught with a sick child on a road trip. It was like the exorcist.

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  67. Lesley F says

    July 23, 2017 at 12:04 pm

    Yes and it was awful. Ended up in the emergency room

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  68. Austin H. says

    July 23, 2017 at 5:50 pm

    Yes, and its the worst. haha

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  69. amy stonger says

    July 24, 2017 at 1:34 am

    Yes I have had children get sick on vacation, but thankfully I’m always prepared for these types of emergencies. I don’t leave home without my first aid kit.

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  70. christina moore says

    July 24, 2017 at 12:02 pm

    Yes, I have gotten sick on vacation, from food that did not agree with me

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  71. Sara S. says

    July 24, 2017 at 4:07 pm

    Not yet! But we will have two soon, so double the chances.

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  72. Tasha Wilkerson says

    July 24, 2017 at 4:52 pm

    Oh my gosh yes!! Both my older two had a HORRIBLE stomach flu when we went to Charlotte, NC. We ended up having to take them to an ER to get Zofran to stop the puking.

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  73. Jennifer H. says

    July 24, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    Yes, we have had a sick child on vacation.

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  74. John H. says

    July 24, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    Yes, we have and it was not fun.

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  75. Kathie Craig says

    July 24, 2017 at 7:56 pm

    On several occasions, my son got car sick all over himself and his seat. He was fine when in town. Luckily he has out grown it.

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  76. Sara Zielinski says

    July 24, 2017 at 8:06 pm

    I have fortunately never been caught with a sick child while on vacation!

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  77. Samantha Martin says

    July 24, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    We live in Ky went on vacation to South Carolina and my niece got sick because of the air change to have had this wouldve been a blessing. Now I have my son and hope to go on vacation toward the end of the summer this is a great tip for when we go ! Thank you so much 🙂

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  78. Tracie Cooper says

    July 24, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    No sick kiddos on vacation, thank goodness.

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  79. kat says

    July 24, 2017 at 9:15 pm

    no, but we have had puke on a short car ride and apple sauce poopsplosion on an air plane

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  80. Casey Mclendon says

    July 24, 2017 at 9:25 pm

    Oh my goodness yes and it’s no fun at all. I’ve felt so bad for my littles. These are great medicines that have helped my boys more than once! Thanks so much for the chance! have a blessed week!

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  81. Dynal Roberson says

    July 24, 2017 at 9:34 pm

    No I haven’t had a sick child on a vacation, but then we haven’t been able to afford very many vacations.

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  82. w says

    July 24, 2017 at 9:57 pm

    yes my son was very sick when we were at the water park I felt so bad he could not swim!!

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  83. Jenny Ham says

    July 24, 2017 at 10:20 pm

    Not so far (knock on wood)

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  84. Meme says

    July 24, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    I’ve been lucky so far on vacations not to have a sick child but holidays is another story.

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  85. Mya Murphy says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:05 pm

    I’m sure it will happen, but so far, all has been good.

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  86. Michelle Coles says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    Nope, I have 3 kids and none of them have been sick on vacation, phew!

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  87. Melissa Craig says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    while on a 10 mile canoe trip my daughter was bitten in between the eyes by a black fly, it was fine at first but it began to swell, and swell, there was noway off the river and we still had a mile to go benadryl was not helping, my husband and I rowed as fast as we could, got off the river and got help, it was so scary, her eyes were swelled shut she was 5 years old, we did not even know she was allergic at the time to black flies!

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  88. Tracy Shafer says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:11 pm

    Yes I sure have.

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  89. Mary. Benack says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:12 pm

    My grandaughter woke up one morning while we were camping. She felt sick. With watery eyes scratchy throat an we had to take her to the emergency room as she had a fever also. Thats when we found out she had allegerys

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  90. kelly woods says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:13 pm

    Yes my children have been sick when out of town especially my daughter who has type 1. She has a low immune system and gets sick easy but its nice to know there are product like these we can trust to help her and others feel better.

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  91. Rachel Freer says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:14 pm

    Yes, more than once! They always seem to get sick when we travel.

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  92. Amber Bourland says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:16 pm

    Yes I have! My 3 OTC meds I keep at all times are Benedryl for allergic reactions, Immodium for diarrhea, and Tylenol for fever and pain.

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  93. Michelle Catallo says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    Yep, yep, and yep! Sick kids, sick me, sick dog, sick cat, broke vehicle and so on. Adventures aren’t adventures without the adventure though :-/ LOL

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  94. Trisha Musgrave says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:20 pm

    I have been fortunate enough to never have a sick kid so far on vacation. I have had it several times when we were away from home though!

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  95. Nancy Schools says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    I’ve been lucky that it never happened to me.

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  96. Sabrina Zehner says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    Having 4 kids I’ve been through many illnesses that I’d rather forget.

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  97. Jennifer M Bay says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:29 pm

    Yes and it was not fun at all!

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  98. Amy Deeter says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    Yes when we were down at Disney.She got the flu the day after when we still had 3 days left to spend down there. thankfully the medicine helped us a lot

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  99. Anita Jude says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:33 pm

    No i have never been caught with a sick child on vacation

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  100. Hollie Jahnke says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:37 pm

    Yes and it was so hard to find a store when we were camping.

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  101. Jessie Redding says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:37 pm

    Have I ever… OMG – every time, I swear! Hoping our luck improves. 🙂

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  102. Donna Kozar says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:41 pm

    Yes, I have

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  103. angie depue says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:44 pm

    Oh yes. It seems everytime we go on vacation one of my kids get sick, then they all end up sick. So I come prepared now, and take a travel bag of meds.

    Reply
  104. Naomie says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:59 pm

    My kids all had a cold & cough last week during our road trip.

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