Always listen to your kids when they don't feel good

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In my parenting experiences I've learned that some things my kids say its always worth listening to. One is that moment when they tell you they don't feel good at the last minute before you get somewhere. This is what happened to me less than 30 minutes ago. There we are me and my 12 years in my van like normal heading to her silk class. We are less than 5 minutes from the studio when she randomly says "Mommy I don't feel go." My response was "Please don't say that." I look over my shoulder at the stop light at her seeing my 12-year-old curling in on herself. Face two shades whiter than normal. The light changes I start moving and I open the glove box telling her I can't reach right now the bags. She responds quickly to there is one back here. Good reason. She pulls it out. I finish the drive to the studio I park getting ready to tell them we are not coming at all since she isn't feeling well. I check in on my 12-year-old asking her if she is sure she can't do this today. She says she can't she threw up in her mouth a little and swallowed it. Okay, not a problem. I canceled her class text my husband and start driving home. We are 10 minutes away from the house when those sounds that all parents hate when driving with their child happen. Not once but 3 times. Thankfully to the doggy bag she has back there none of that bodily fluid ends up on my fabric seats. Getting to another light I text my husband that he needs to place down a blow or bucket in her room and have her blankets placed on the floor so she doesn't have to climb up and down her lofted bed. One of those times where I'm glad I listen to my child and my gut because it would have sucked for her to be there in the studio and get sick all over the silks and floor that would have been a pain for me and them to clean up.