okay, i'm aware that as of late my blogging has been sucky to say the least. but i swear i have good reason for it. we spend the majority of the last two weeks sick as dogs in house, then kris and i left for the amazing napa valley and a MUCH needed vacation.
more detail on the sickiness in a minute.. but come on people - napa valley! would you give blogging a second though if THIS was your view???
but, before we got to enjoy that amazing scenery (another post to come on napa), we dealt with what the most miserable weeekend ever!. Started almost two weeks ago on thursday, 1/19. i got the dreaded 'call from the babysitter' at work. the one where your heart drops and you already freak out because shes' call in the middle of the day. she quickly assured nothing terrible had happened, but we did have a puker. i packed up my stuff quickly and headed to get penny. there is nothing worse than a long drive to pick up your child when you know they are sick, crying and just want their mommy. no one was going fast enough for my liking.
when i got to susans penny had just thrown up again and susan had her cleaned up from round 2. I loaded her into the car and bam - more puking. she threw up about 4 times on the way home. it was a rough drive. mainly because she is so young she just doesnt understand what is going on - so in steado f leaning forward into the towel I had on her lap, she leaned back so she was choking on it. with one hand on the wheel and one eye on the highway, i reached back with my other hand to hold her head forward and help her puke. not a fun ride head. i called kris for back up and he met me at the house. we got her home and cleaned up with a quick bath and she actually got a second little energy burst for a minute. then... more puke. and more and more and more. this just kept continuing. every 5 to 10 minutes for about 4 hours. by 5 pm we had used every towel in the house (1 year olds dont understand puking in the toilet or in a bucket so i just tried to catch what i could) after 30 plus vomits she was looking rough. i called the dr to let them know we couldnt get it to stop, she'd puked over 30 times, hadnt peed in 10 hours, was crying with no tears and starting to get super lethargic. after the last few pukes she'd be so exhausted she'd lean forward and pass out in it.
we headed into childrens hospital for some help. they were great and got us fast tracked and into a room very quickly.
she got worse and worse at children's. kept vomiting, started shaking and turning super pale. underneath her eyes were very sunken in and looked almost black. that's when we really started to worry. this kid had dehydrated so quickly! the dr. came in and suggested htat because IVs are so difficult at this age (on the kids and the parents) we should maybe give some zofran a try first to just break up the puking process and give her little body a break. first couple tries resulted in more vomit but she finally kept one day. and then QUICKLY looked better. ate a popsicle, drank some juice. had another popsicle, some sprite. kids bounch back quickly. she even got out of bed and walked a little bit. but - still no pee. we were released wtih teh promise that if no pee in 4 hours we would come back in for an IV.
we got penny home and in bed (she was soo exhausted) and FINALLY at 11pm - we had pee! took almost 15 hours but she did it. of course that wasnt the end of it - then the diarrhea started for the poor child - so we spent most fo the night with that. we both stayed home most of friday and penny did pretty well. set up camp in the living room with a pillow, sleeping bag, her puppies, paci and of course anythign gabba gabba. she slept the majority of the day and did well. was VERY timid with food but that was understandable.
however, by that evening - mommy was sick. and sick bad. daddy followed. by 11:30 we were both laying in bathrooms sick as dogs. the same dehydration set in quickly. charlie horses, no pee, dry lips, shaking. rough rough rough. then penny woke up upset. we were albe ot get her out of bed but didnt have the energy (or a break from the bathroom) to hold and comfort her. kris dragged the sleeping bag upstaris and at one point we all layed on it on the bathroom floor. penny feel asleep at my feet crying while i was getting sick.
i'll spare you some the worst details but it was a rough rought evening and next couple of days. stomach flu is hard enough. stomach flu is even harder when your spouse and kid are both sick as well. we survived but it took a solid week before we were all back to normal.
anyway - long story long.. a few photos from our miserable weekend (not graphic i promise - just of a sad and sick little girl..)
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