My family has had the stomach bug recently. It has been bad. Nathan started first, threw up for about 3 hours and then slept through the night and seemed almost back to normal in the morning.
Before nathan even woke up, Gavin started in on it. Around 1 the school called because Danielle was throwing up. The only problem was Gavin was still throwing up, even as I buckled him into the car to get Danielle. I went ahead and got Camie. She started throwing up a few hours later. By Friday morning we were all done except for Gavin. He was still vomiting everytime he drank anything, within a few minutes.
For a 13 month old, that is scary. I called my sister who is a nurse, and asked her what she thought. She asked the doctor who was at the ER with her, and they said the give Gavin a small dose of the Zofran that I took while pregnant. That did stop Gavin from throwing up and enabled me to get him hydrated. But he still wasn't eating.
Today he kept the vomiting up. And spencer also took his turn in there. Even as I was going to the store to grab a few items, Gavin started throwing up in the parking lot. It was horrible.
I have done more laundry, washed more bedding, changed more sheets, and scrubbed more carpets and washed more sinks than probably ever.
Taneal and I are the only ones left to get this.
Gavin really scared me with how much and how frequent and how long he had been vomiting. I called the pediatrician, along with my sister, and they both suggested I take him to the ER.
So that is what I did tonight.
The doctor didnt really do anything different than I was already doing. They gave me a prescription for Gavin to have his own Zofran. But they kept telling me to continue doing what I had been doing because I was keeping Gavin hydrated with how quickly he was vomiting. I received a peace of mind and also and way to go. Which I really needed amidst the bleakness going on within the walls of my own home.
It is pretty hard to take care of that many throwing up children all by myself. And I was succeeding. It was pretty bad. The nurses at the hospital were feeling for me and I really appreciated that. It was what I needed.
If I do have to get sick, I just hope it waits until I get Gavin better.
I am grateful today for good, supportive nurses. The ones at the ER that I visited and also my sister who gave me the advise of Zofran that kept my baby hydrated.
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