The runs

Nothing works better as an alarm clock than having colicky pain, incredibly loud bowel sounds, a reflexive clamping of the anal sphincter and the alarming instinct that one must sit the ass down on the toilet bowl the very next second before the shit literally hits the fan.

I swear i have never gotten myself awake, tumble out of bed and scramble the 3 metres to the bathroom this quickly in any other circumstances.

The disbelief and relief is almost palpable when one actually makes it in time... again... for the xth time in the middle of the night.

Brilliant.

If dehydration doesn't incapacitate the person, then exhaustion and anxiety will. With the body in high alert mode 24/7 for massive explosions, it's not a wonder the fight or flight response has run the system haggard.

I've noticed another interesting fact over the years of experience with gastroenteritis. Normally, faeces just smells repugnant, but when one has the bowel runs, the smell actually induces nausea and sometimes vomiting as well.

Another miraculous way our body has designed for us to purge all toxins from the body, be it from the top or bottom end.

Enchanting.

So Lai, if anyone asks how i dealt with your departure, you can say that my body became to wrecked with grief that i had to take 3 days off to recuperate. ;)