This weekend gave me a very small glimpse into what families with sick
children must have to deal with and it breaks my heart. I feel
extremely lucky that we were only there for 4 nights and Ryan left
feeling better and we know he will be okay. The poor little guy really
had a tough time though. The kid is "healthy" and "thick" as the polite
staff called him so it was extremely difficult to get the IV in and
then take blood each day. I mean 30 minutes of poking and prying to get
a vain and sometimes they couldn't. They were finally able to get an
IV in after multiple attempts from two different people and they got it
in his left hand. The thumb he sucks. So for the next 4 days we
watched him hit himself in the head trying to get his thumb is his mouth
:( The only way we could get him to sleep was to walk and rock him.
Poor little guy was then not only woken up every few hours to have his
vitals checked, his IV conveniently started beeping every 45 minutes.
EVERY 45 MINUTES. Even though I figured out had to silence it, I still
had to page the nurse it was ridiculous. Anyway, we made it through.
It appears that he has a reflux, the urine is being refluxed back into
his kidney as opposed to fully draining to the bladder. Typically kids
grow out of when they are 3 or 4 so something we will have to manage
until then. Manage meaning, trying to avoid and/or stay on top of any
future UTIs. There is more testing that has to be done so we should know more in the next few weeks.
Thank God I am not going back to work until January! And
thank God for my parents who took such good care of and spoiled Emmy
rotten while we were in the hospital for days. Despite what the poor little guy went through, he still managed to gain
an ounce a day. Big guy weighed in a 18 lb 7 oz today!
Trying to cool the poor little guy down
As sick as can be but still as cute as ever!
Big sis and Ryan watching some cartoons together :)
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| The cutest patient ever!!! |
He really loved reading books :)
Finally on the last day, he finally figured out how to get his thumb in his mouth
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