The past week was crazy! Last Monday night Tori woke up vomiting all over her crib (if this is too much information....do not proceed! It just gets worse!) She continued to vomit for an hour. I thought I must have given her some bad food, and she fell back to sleep. The next day she was just fine. She played with Alivia (her best buddy that I now watch 3 times a week...she is so cute and so much fun!) and ate and everything. Well...that night is when the vomit hit the fan! She puked all night and all of the next day (Wednesday) and to make matters worse Jason and I decided to join in the fun and get the stomach flu too. Needless to say, we had a very horrible Wednesday night. Luckily the stomach flu goes through adult bodies a lot faster than baby bodies.
Well, Thursday finally came and we were in for a long day. Although Tori was not vomiting (I think that she was too parched for vomit to even form) she was really dehydrated despite our best efforts to rehydrate. So we went to the doctors and we were sent to the hospital to get abdominal x-rays. (Mind you this is after a night of no sleep and visiting the toilet every 30 minutes for the both of us.) Luckily there was nothing obstructing her little bowels, but she was dehydrated. The doctor told us that it would probably be a good idea to go to the ER and get an IV to rehydrate her. So off we went. Another 3 hours and a lot of pedialyte and we were out of there. Needless to say, Jason and I were spent.
We thought that Friday would be a better day...nope, the vomiting started again! YIKES! Saturday was the same...and Sunday she started throwing up bile (this is very bad) and we went to the doctors again and they gave us some anti-puke medicine.
I was seriously going crazy from being in the house so much! (I really hadn't left the house for 5 days and I needed to get out!) So Monday we braved the great outdoors and went grocery shopping. I think Tori enjoyed being out too. That night she vomited again, but she has not since that time.
Thankfully she is eating some solids and holding down her milk. So we hope and pray that we don't get the stomach flu again any time soon!
The miracles out of this whole mess:
1. Jason and I only had the stomach flu for 2 days.
2. While gargling once, Jason found one of the diamond pendants that my Dad gave me in the sink. It had already gone down the drain and popped back up with the pressure of Jason's spit! I wouldn't have even known that it was gone! The cat had pushed it down the drain (sure I shouldn't have left it on the bathroom sink counter for her to get to it, but we will still count it as a miracle).
3. Tori loved grape Pedialyte (just like her daddy did when he was little). Sometimes babies will not take it and Tori has only had juice less than a 1/2 a dozen times before. I really think that this is what helped her stay hydrated. A lot of what was causing her to vomit was the milk that she was drinking!
4. Tori was not vomiting and "coming out of the other end" at the same time. I could handle the vomit, but poop on top of that! YIKES!
Well...all in all we SURVIVED our first bout with stomach flu ( I cannot imagine having more than one kid with the stomach flue at a time...I thought this as I was watching John and Kate Plus 8...I mean really could you imagine!) Plus we really have the worlds most perfect baby (she really hardly ever cries and is so happy) that it was good to have a dose of the whiny and needy Tori to show us how blessed we really are all the time!
Of course...what is a blog entry without Tori Borealis? Here are some pics from Tuesday post the night of puking but pre the week to follow of the stomach flu!
Tori loves to drink juice from these really cheap sippy cups that I found at the store...I tried some of the more expensive ones, but she is just like her mother...happy with the bargain! She looked so cute in this black onsie! She looked like a little ballerina...we should get her a pink tutu!
This is Alivia. For the life of me I could not get her to look at the camera. Her mom is a photographer so I think that she could sense my amateurness and refused my pleas! (ha ha) Oh, and don't forget Cami...she is so relaxed sleeping between the two couches.
I know...these pictures are so blurry, but I couldn't get Tori to stop moving. She loves her cute little car that her Gigi (Grandma Gwen) and Grandpa Dennis (We didn't think that GD was such a good nickname for Grandpa Dennis...ha ha ha!) gave her for Christmas. Of course she needs help to move anywhere, but she loves to play with all the gadgets!
