Might have been the mumps, particularly if encephalitis complication occured, "Symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The mumps virus also leads

Might have been the mumps, particularly if encephalitis complication occured, "Symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The mumps virus also leads to permanent hearing loss in about 5 out of every 10,000 cases." She checks for nausea and also ear-related stuff. Also, one symptom for mumps in me as a kid was nausea so bad I couldn't stand up, only fetal position with eyes closed helped somewhat. I suppose she didn't get tested for the mumps virus, right? Not that there's much to do, the support is largely palliative until the body fights the virus off.