Where have we been? For the last four days we have been in Children's Hospital suffering from a virus that caused immediate dehydration. I had no idea that 8 hours of throwing up would lead us to the hospital for continuous IV's. On Wednesday, we headed to Hudson's Pediatric emergency room (run by Children's hospital) to get a quick IV. After 6 hours we were transported down to the the main Children's hospital and ended up being there four days. We just got home late this afternoon and are hoping to stay here. At the hospital, Dawson refused to eat or drink, keeping her dehydrated, so we had to stay until she could prove she could do it on her own. This never happened so I had to start begging to get home. We had a great Dr. today that I was able to convince if he let us leave, she will eat and drink at home. Our days there were long and Dawson refused to sleep. Going home was a fair option I thought. Nothing else seemed to be working and all of us were getting NO SLEEP night after night. As soon as we got in the car, Dawson was asleep for the next four hours. She woke up, drank a cup of milk, ate some soup and went back to bed at 8:00. This is a child who refused to do all of the above for four days. What can I say....THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!!!
Just hanging out feeling miserable. Her arm is wrapped so that she keeps the IV in. She didn't seem to mind it at all!
We are ready to go home. Thanks Lynn, Grace and Grammy for the balloons.
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Dawson - We are so happy that you are home and, most importantly, that you are eating and drinking. You had Mommy and a lot of other people pretty worried about you. Get better so we can play again soon.
Hugs, Lynn and Grace
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