Vomiting and Control

My son Jack is sick today.  Barfing.  There is nothing that makes me feel more helpless than when my kids are sick.  It's worse when they are barfing.  Vomiting by definition is an uncontrollable act.  Sneaks up on you and WHAM!  The only other bodily function that I can think of that does that is sneezing.  I don't mind sneezing.  Puking, however, I hate.  Probably because there is no control. Of course, there is the concern that like the Red Death (Poe reference) this bug is going to travel throughout the household, hitting each and every one of us so we go down for the count.  Ich.  Oh well, this is about my son, not me.  I hate that I am always at work when my kids get sick.  I wouldn't do anything but feel powerless at home as opposed to powerless at work.  At least at work, maybe, just maybe I can help some people feel a little less powerless and gain a little more control of their life as well as their illness.