We Just THOUGHT It Was All Over...

I've now been inducted into the Mother's Hall of Fame. My daughter puked AAAAAAALLLLLL over the table and floor at McDonald's yesterday—not just once, but twice! I'm just glad the lunch rush was over. Let me rewind...

Adri started throwing up about 2am Saturday and didn't stop until Sunday evening. Then had TERRIBLE diarrhea all day Monday, but was pretty much back to her old self. Yesterday she started eating a little bit and had been without a fever or diarrhea for 24 hours. So Mom and I thought it would be okay to go do our grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. We got there at 10:30 and then made a little bed for Adri in the cart at about 11:30 (grocery shopping for us is usually an all day affair). I thought she was looking a little flushed, but didn't really think anything of it. She slept for about an hour and a half (her typical nap length) while Mom and I finished up our shopping. When she finally woke up, her little face was BEET red and she was feverish again. While we checked out, she just kinda lounged in the cart, but seemed to be okay other than the fever. By that time, Mom and I both needed lunch, so we drove everything over to McDonalds and grabbed a quick bite. After I finished my lunch, I realized that I forgot to get her juice, so I headed back into the store to get that. When I got back, Adri was draped over Mom's shoulder and didn't look too good. Just as Mom and I were getting stuff ready to head out to the car, she launched everything she had eaten all over the table, the floor, as well as Mom and me. The employees working at McDonalds were very sympathetic, but I think they were scared to help. We finally managed to get everything cleaned up and Adri changed into the pajamas that we had gotten for her and headed out to the car. Since we were already on that end of town, I just decided to take her over to her doctor's office to see if we could get her in. Now I'm not a hysterical mother by any means. I think it's a disservice to take your child in for medication for EVERY sniffle and sneeze. But after two days of fever and puking, two days of diarrhea, and four days of not eating anything and not sure if she was getting enough liquids to stay hydrated, I decided to go ahead and take her in. So I get to our Kaiser office and head over to the peds counter to talk to the receptionist. I told her that we didn't have an appointment, but that she had been throwing up and had a fever since 2am Saturday... While I still had my mouth open, the lady interrupted me and said, "Well why did you wait til the last minute to bring her in???" I just stopped and glared at her and said through my teeth, "She stopped and was feeling better for a couple of days, but she's started all over again, and I'm worried that it's more than just a bug." She threw some paperwork at me to fill out. I filled it out and threw it back at her. They couldn't get me in until 5pm, so we just stayed there. It's about 45 minutes in heavy traffic back home, so it wasn't worth it to go home and come back. When we finally got in to see the doctor, he saw that she obviously didn't feel good (she had fallen asleep on my lap in the waiting room) and he said it was probably a good idea that I brought her in just to be sure. Take that you stupid receptionist.... He said he's pretty sure she just has a virus, but wants me to keep an eye on her over the next few days to make sure she doesn't keep going backward. She still won't eat (which is fine...I'm really tired of cleaning up puke), but she's at least keeping down her juice/water mixture, and she's getting at least a few calories from the juice.

Well, Adri is down for her nap, so I'll have to get up off my fanny and get downstairs to work. I have to paint an anti-mold something-or-other on the concrete walls so that we can get the new wall framed, and insulation and drywall up this coming weekend. I'm enjoying the process, but I'll be glad when it's all over.

posted by Brandi at 9:41 AM