Ms. Sickly

My poor baby girl has made it almost 3 months without any sickness until this weekend. All week she has been experiencing sinus symptoms without any fever, fussiness, etc. Unfortunately, she began to scream & fuss late Friday afternoon. Her fever increased somewhat that night along w/ vomiting. The on-call nurse insisted we take her to Children's ER due to vomiting twice within a 2 hour period, inability to keep formula down, irritability/pain, & increasing temperature along with her premature birth history. Not wanting anyone to catch the flu or any other sickness, Logan stayed home with Stryker. Thankfully, they got us back to a room quickly avoiding LakeLynn being exposed to other children in the waiting room. Her temperature had increased on arrival to the room so they attempted 2 oz of pedialyte which she vomited after only 1 oz. Next attempt was 1/2 oz of pedialyte which she vomited several min afterwards. We were rushed for an abdominal x-ray which showed a slight intestinal blockage even though her tummy was soft & non-tender. LakeLynn received a suppository to help with the blockage.  The doctors were concerned about UTI. A urinary sample showed some ketones & protein indicative of slight dehydration. Syringes of pedialyte were able to be kept down at that point. We were sent home after 5 hours with instructions of followup care at the pediatrician's office Monday unless vomiting reoccurred.

Friday night was filled with Logan & me pacing the floors to soothe our baby girl & feeding only a total of 2 oz of formula. Saturday morning began with Lake vomiting again but with her temperature almost normal. The on-call nurse advised us to see the MD at 11:30am at the after hours clinic due to overflowing of patients at the pediatrician's office. Again, Logan stayed home with our boy. Lake was able to keep 2 oz of formula down while we were at the clinic even though she was extremely fussy. They sent us home hoping we were on the upswing of whatever was the culprit. Needless to say, we did too. Saturday was a little better until nighttime. Lake became fussy & irritable again along with spitting up some.

Sunday was about the same. LakeLynn was trying to smile & make noises for us but we could tell she was still not feeling like herself. Logan decided to stay home with her allowing me to take Stryker on the Polar Express train ride that night. She vomited a little in the late afternoon & was restless. We gave her another suppository which helped only minimally. She slept the whole night due to pure exhaustion.

This morning she was acting somewhat better until she vomited again after only 2 oz of pear juice & 1/2 oz of formula. We will be seeing the pediatrician at 12pm so praying we get answers.