The flu hit our house three times this season, I think I mentioned that a while back. Anyways, on the second round Addy got pretty sick. The throwing up was followed by a bad run of diarrhea. I don't think I have changed that many diapers ever. One day she got up to 16 messy diapers. We had 30 over the course of 3 days. On the night of the 16 she was pretty weak, dehydrated, and inconsolable so we decided to take her to the ER. The doctors couldn't get her to stop crying there either, so they were worried that there was something worse wrong with her. After an abdominal X-ray, they found nothing and decided to give her a dose of anti-nausua medicine in hopes that she would take some fluids after her stomach had settled. It didn't help, but they assured me as long as she wasn't vomiting along with the diarrhea that she should be fine. Nothing like a doctor to make you feel like you are an over-reacting mother, oh well at least it gave me peace of mind that her hours of crying wasn't something worse. We hope we are done with the flu for this year and we hope it stays away for a long, long time.
Kent playing peek-a-boo with the CLEAN throw-up bowl.
This is what Addy does when she is sick. Although she still insists she have shoes on.
Lots of cuddles from mom.
Poor girl.
We haven't had a blow out in ages.
Not a happy ER patient.
Popsicles make everything better.
Unless you just hold them instead of eat them, which is what Addy did.
1 comment:
That is AWFUL! We have somehow escaped the flu so far this year and I am so grateful!
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