SPEAKER_00 0:00

Okay. I had to go right to the source on this. Uh and we have longtime longtime friend of the show, Natalie. We actually just called her because she had text us, texted us, and she uh implied that she has this parasite that is creating the um explosive diarrhea. This all stems from Taco Bell. They're trying to No no wait. No, no, no. They're trying to get ahead of it by pulling all these items from the menu. Right. But we're nobody said nobody pointed the finger at him going, you the brown finger. Nobody pointed it at him going, you guys did this.

SPEAKER_02 0:33

Right, because it it's there's no confirmation. There's nothing. No, no sources are saying that it came from Taco Bell.

SPEAKER_00 0:39

But now you got me thinking about it, you know. But anyway, I said we gotta call Natalie because I think she's got this. Your house has this, doesn't they? Yes, we do. Oh God. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 0:50

And where do you think you you got it from? Because you know, the Taco Bell thing, as funny as they started their own rumor. Um, where do you think you got it?

SPEAKER_00 0:57

That's a great way to put it.

SPEAKER_01 0:59

So like over the weekend the kid got sick, the toddler, and we're like, oh man, that's terrible, and he had like diarrhea and all the things and vomited. We took him to the hospital. They're like, Yeah, we don't know. Here's some Zofran PDLA. See you later. We're like, okay, cool. And then like Monday, I was like, man, I I don't feel right. And then Tuesday was pretty aggressive, and I was like, Oh, I definitely am there's something wrong. And my husband's like, Yep, same here, same symptoms. It's happening here at the house with both the child and myself. And I was like, Oh gosh. And so then I was at work and I'm like, Yep, I have to go home because I don't have any more clothes. And I'm and I'm I need to go home.

SPEAKER_02 1:38

Your purse underwear had to be used. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01 1:41

Well and I was like, Oh, I don't have any running clothes, nothing in the car.

SPEAKER_00 1:45

Oh, you were running in your clothes.

SPEAKER_01 1:48

So I was like, Well, that happened, and then I you know, I was home all day yesterday, and I feel okay today, but I'm still like now the toddler doesn't need the Zofran, so I'm sucking it down. And PDLite, I think I'm gonna try and go to work.

SPEAKER_02 2:02

Oh my god. This is a risk. A risk that I don't know if anybody wants you to take.

SPEAKER_00 2:06

But I want you to take a contractor bag and two pairs of clothes. Yes. I do have two pairs of clothes for sure. Put a contractor bag right on your phone. Yeah. What's in your sack, Natalie? Just don't you worry about it. Because you had texted you, and I I want to read your text when we were asking, Do you think you have this? You said, Oh yeah, we got the parasite. I can confirm symptoms are explosive.

SPEAKER_02 2:31

So it's may cause a change of pants. Oh, God. Oh, you poor thing. And then so you didn't actually go to the doctor. You're just using the okay, we shouldn't really encourage this, but you're using the medication of your kid. But which, I mean, according to the pit, which I just finished yesterday. Oh, here we go. Big, big no, no. Yeah, I know. But anyway, big no no. But the doctor basically said, take the Zofran and then it's gonna go away eventually.

SPEAKER_01 2:56

Um, yeah, the and the doctor was like, we could do a stool test for it, but I'm like, I can provide that any second you want. Yeah, like you want one right now?

SPEAKER_00 3:04

You got it. Um I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you. It's the situation, it's not you. All right, so let me ask this. Oh, yeah. Did they at any point, and this is important to know because I don't know where the confirmed cases of this parasite are, except for somewhere in Corning on your street. But um uh but did they even speculate that it could be this? Because this story is beginning to take off on a national level. I heard it there this morning, but I the and and I want to say it was something like 11 states confirmed a case of it or something. And then you're like Allie said, Taco Bell started its own rumor, uh, which just to me is beyond wow. I know that I feel like that wasn't the wisest marketing move. But probably not, but anyway, but what do I know? Did they even suggest or think or even say in passing, well, you know, there's this thing going around? Because I want to make sure the medical community here is thinking about that. I'm not saying this is gonna be a pandemic. Boy, does COVID sound good right now, though, compared to what you're going through? You shut your mouth. But uh, you know, I I'm just curious, did they even hint that it could have been?

SPEAKER_01 4:12

She did. Yep, the doctor with when we went to the towel for the toddler, she was like, This is what's going around, this is the name of it. Okay. Um, it comes from like fresh produce, all the things, and we're like, Oh, he's kind of a picky eater. Like, where did I like where did he eat fresh produce?

SPEAKER_00 4:26

And I I heard that um washing fresh produce won't even get rid of the parasite. So you may not even know you're getting it.

SPEAKER_02 4:33

And I was hogging down cherries last night and blueberries.

SPEAKER_00 4:36

Guess who's crapping their pants in 20 minutes?

SPEAKER_02 4:39

The CDC says they now have learned there has been at least 18 states with these cases, including Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Texas. Yeah, go ahead, Scott. That's your question.

SPEAKER_00 4:51

Here's what I want to ask Natalie one more time because you're the only person I know uh either A, brave enough to tell us that you're, you know, pooping up the wall. Uh or uh or go, do you get any relief? Like, you know, sometimes when you're sick and you lay down, you're just like, okay, or do you lay down and it's just constant? Because I I mean, just, you know, unfortunately I don't have it right now, but you never know.

SPEAKER_01 5:12

Yeah, so I was able to, I mean, I'm able to sleep-ish, but then like you get a pain in your stomach and you're like, oh, what's happening? Like, is it is it happening? Or is it gonna be a problem?

SPEAKER_02 5:23

Don't test the theory and go right to the bathroom. Right. Or you like instantly wake up and go, oh my gosh, um, if I crap this bed. You know what you gotta do? You gotta get well, you know what? Contractor bags. Contractor bags on the bed. Okay, one other thing, really quick, too. Symptoms usually occur within two to fourteen days after ingestion, and they're calling it a type of food poisoning.

SPEAKER_00 5:44

Yeah, I guess so.

SPEAKER_02 5:45

Yeah, I would equate it right to food poisoning. Here's some things to avoid. This uh and this is actually the serious side of things. Uh first they say wash your hands, of course.

SPEAKER_00 5:56

Thoroughly wash produce, but you know, Scott just said, uh I heard this morning it it you can s it may not get it all.

SPEAKER_02 6:03

But some foods to avoid for right now, bagged salad mixes, fresh cilantro, oh great.

SPEAKER_00 6:08

I brought a bag salad mix for lunch today. Hey, I'll be right there with you, Natalie, by one o'clock today, crapping up the walls.

SPEAKER_02 6:15

Get a contractor bag. Raspberries, snow peas, and green onions. Scallions, scallions.

SPEAKER_00 6:20

I ate those last night.

SPEAKER_01 6:23

Okay, yeah. I mean, we were doing salads, like my husband and I were doing, he was doing like a steak salad. I was doing my salad, so it could definitely have been a salad type thing. And it could be that the kit, yeah, the toddler probably has something completely different because uh everybody at daycare is like a you know, everybody's sick all the damn time, right?

SPEAKER_00 6:42

Did you by chance eat the Taylor Farms Asian cashew chopped kit? Because that's what I'm holding right now.

SPEAKER_02 6:47

That one's so good. I love that one. The maple baby bacon bourbon Taylor Farms one is my favorite.

SPEAKER_00 6:53

Okay, we'll get to your favorites in a minute. I want to know if she ate this and crabbed her pants. Do I need to immediately do it? Okay, wasn't that one? We're good to go.

SPEAKER_02 7:01

Excellent. Thank you, Natalie. You've been very helpful. Good luck to you. Bye, honey.

SPEAKER_00 7:04

Sounds about time. You uh better go sit on the uh on the throne there, okay? Yeah, all right. Oh, I hung up on it. Okay.