Ugh, what a tough weekend we've had. It started out so nice. On Thursday afternoon, we went and visited Owen's school. He's going to begin pre-pre-school in February when Auntie Liz begins Law School full time. He looked so cute all dressed and ready to impress. The new school is so nice. It's being built now, and will be about 6 minutes from home in White Marsh. It's really going to be great for Owen. He'll go 2 or 3 days a week for 2-3 hours while Mommy works.
Owen also loved the wrapping paper. He helped Daddy open all the presents, climbed on the boxes and even pulled the paper back... He was practicing for his birthday and Christmas.
Then the "fun" began... We left for Ocean City on Friday morning, after Owen refused to eat breakfast. Since he's frequently finicky when he's teething, we didn't think too much of his not wanting to eat a single bite. He was an angel in the car. So good, he slept about 2 hours on the way there and loved watching the cars, as he's now facing forward in his Big Boy car seat, and can see much better. We got to the hotel and checked in. We decided to jump straight in the pool. Owen was so excited, he has missed swimming so much! Then we came back and gave Owen a nap.
He slept great, but when I opened the door to his room in the hotel I knew we were in trouble. It smelled so bad and I knew he had started back with diarrhea. So he had 2 explosions in about a 30 min period, we called the pediatrician, went to CVS got him Pedialite and Imodium and got him started, he was seeming a bit better and so we decided to go out to Lombardi's for pizza, which was just across the street. It was Troy's birthday, so we wanted him to have a nice dinner... We ordered, then Owen exploded again, naturally, just my luck they didn't have a changing table so Troy got our food to go and Owen and I went back to the hotel. We really weren't sure what to do, but decided it wouldn't make sense to drive back late at night, Owen would be better sleeping.
He made it through the night, but barely took any fluids. We were so worried, we called the pediatrician again and we decided to leave OC Saturday morning (were supposed to stay until Sun). We took him straight to St. Joe's and they discharged us about 3 hrs after being there, he was OK , just dehydrated and we have to get fluids in him. Last night we had to forcefully give Owen liquids because he refused everything we offered him - Pedialite, Gatorade, formula, juice, water, EVERYTHING!
Today, he woke, drank some fluids and ate some applesauce, drank some more fluids, and we thought we were in the clear... Then he puked all over Mommy, so we called St. Joe's again, they said bring him back. We did - they tried 4 times, FOUR TIMES, to get an IV in the poor little guy, he screamed his head off, they never did get the line in, because he was dehydrated and his veins weren't accessible. So after 5 hours they discharged us again. So basically we sat there for 5 hours for him to be a pin cushion to every nurse (even a doctor tried) with a needle and we're no better off. Although they at least did blood work to confirm it's a virus and just needs to work it's way out of his system, but that didn't sit well with me, since they still sent a sick boy home with nothing more than Gatorade. AGH! It's so frustrating.
After we got home tonight, he did seem a bit more willing to try some fluids. He drank about 2 1/2 sippy cups before bed tonight. That's more than we could have ever forced in him. He can be so stubborn - where does he get that from??? He also seemed much more energetic this evening and more like himself so that's also good. Hopefully, tomorrow he'll have more energy and come around more.
Tomorrow, we are hydrating again, he can have anything clear until about dinner time, then he can start with the BRAT (Banana's, Rice Cereal, Applesauce & Toast)... We all know Owen's displeasure in Banana's and Rice Cereal, but we'll see maybe he'll be hungry enough to try it. Tuesday afternoon he can start back on formula, assuming all goes well. I think tomorrow is going to be difficult, especially if he's feeling better and wanting food and formula. We'll see.
It's so so so difficult watching Owen be sick, and even worse watching him get stuck over and over again and be so upset and not even reap the benefits. He would have been feeling so much better if they could have given him the IV fluids. But, we're just glad he's home tonight and sleeping well, and hopefully will be better tomorrow, and all better by Tuesday. Hey, maybe we can go a day without going to the ER...
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