A trip to a hospital or two - 3 strikes your out!
So this nasty flu bug hit our house over the past few days, which is why I haven't been on here posting any updates, and I was doing so well getting caught up.
Anyway, it was pretty scary for a bit. Emmi came down with it first on Thursday evening. I wasn't home 30 minutes or so from picking her up from daycare when she started throwing up. Poor baby threw up like 7 times in 2 1/2 hours. I contacted her dr. and he recommended that I take her to Wyandotte Hospital, because he thought that was a lot in such a short period of time and he was concerned about dehydration. We packed up and headed over there. She was evaluated by the pediatric dr. in the Emergency room, Dr. Bloch. They took all sorts of samples; urine, blood, etc... In the meantime she got an IV. The Dr. became concerned when Emmi continued to throw up even after receiving a whole bag of fluids and recommended that we be transported to Children's Hospital for observation incase something more was wrong than just a nasty bug. I was scared at this point that they really thought something more was wrong but didn't want to say anything until more test results came back, especially with the number of vials of blood and the rsv test they came and did.
Off we went via ambulance; I went in the ambulance with Emmi and Ken followed in the car after he had taken Nikki to his parent's house. She received additional fluids at Children's via IV and slept on and off for most of the night. Thankfully she had quit throwing up. In the morning she showed interest and was able to keep down some food. They released us to go home early in the afternoon. The dr's (Raffee and Kumar) as well as the nurse's were very good to us at Children's and I can see why that hospital is so well rated!
No sooner did Emmi start to feel better and then Nikki came down with the bug on Saturday evening. Ken and I followed suit with it early Sunday morning. Needless to say we spent all day Sunday laying around; sleeping on and off. I would say this was the second worst flu type bug I have ever had. We had one in the house when Nikki was 2 or 3 years old that put us out of commission for 3 days that was the worst, but this one was pretty violent, although short lived.
So this little trip to the hospital is our 3rd strike financially since we came home from vacation...you know they say things happen in 3's. First, we had to take the cat to the vet for a bladder infection, then the garage door collapsed on Christmas day while we were taking out the trash, and now this trip to the hospitals with an ambulance ride in between. I can only imagine how much that is going to cost me! However, Emmi seems to have completely recovered, everyone else is on the mend, and I am thankful for that!
Anyway, it was pretty scary for a bit. Emmi came down with it first on Thursday evening. I wasn't home 30 minutes or so from picking her up from daycare when she started throwing up. Poor baby threw up like 7 times in 2 1/2 hours. I contacted her dr. and he recommended that I take her to Wyandotte Hospital, because he thought that was a lot in such a short period of time and he was concerned about dehydration. We packed up and headed over there. She was evaluated by the pediatric dr. in the Emergency room, Dr. Bloch. They took all sorts of samples; urine, blood, etc... In the meantime she got an IV. The Dr. became concerned when Emmi continued to throw up even after receiving a whole bag of fluids and recommended that we be transported to Children's Hospital for observation incase something more was wrong than just a nasty bug. I was scared at this point that they really thought something more was wrong but didn't want to say anything until more test results came back, especially with the number of vials of blood and the rsv test they came and did.
Off we went via ambulance; I went in the ambulance with Emmi and Ken followed in the car after he had taken Nikki to his parent's house. She received additional fluids at Children's via IV and slept on and off for most of the night. Thankfully she had quit throwing up. In the morning she showed interest and was able to keep down some food. They released us to go home early in the afternoon. The dr's (Raffee and Kumar) as well as the nurse's were very good to us at Children's and I can see why that hospital is so well rated!
No sooner did Emmi start to feel better and then Nikki came down with the bug on Saturday evening. Ken and I followed suit with it early Sunday morning. Needless to say we spent all day Sunday laying around; sleeping on and off. I would say this was the second worst flu type bug I have ever had. We had one in the house when Nikki was 2 or 3 years old that put us out of commission for 3 days that was the worst, but this one was pretty violent, although short lived.
So this little trip to the hospital is our 3rd strike financially since we came home from vacation...you know they say things happen in 3's. First, we had to take the cat to the vet for a bladder infection, then the garage door collapsed on Christmas day while we were taking out the trash, and now this trip to the hospitals with an ambulance ride in between. I can only imagine how much that is going to cost me! However, Emmi seems to have completely recovered, everyone else is on the mend, and I am thankful for that!
posted by Heidi at 6:13 AM
2 Comments:
YIKES!!! Very scary indeed! I know that bug was all about, but we didn't get quite as sick and thankfully Nolan has enough antibodies that he managed to avoid getting it altogether! Is Dr. Kumar a small, sweet Indian woman? If so, she works at Henry Ford in Detroit too. She helped with Nate's care when he was there. THere is a picture of her on my blog back in September...just curious.
Glad to hear that you're all doing better....
Was the bladder infection to blame for the cat's problems he was having???? I've heard that it is that that often causes it.
Boy, good thing the garage door didn't crash down on Ken's new baby, huh?
Kate,
Yes x 3.
Dr. Kumar is as you described. When she introduced herself, I thought that name rang a bell and your name came to mind as to the reason why.
As soon as we brought Mr. Bootz home from the vet and started him on antibiotics, his little problem went away.
Ken would have most definitely had a heart attack if it had fallen on his baby and I think Nikki might have too!
Now if only it would quit raining in my head...ever since I got past the throwing up my sinus' have went crazy and I feel like crap, just in a different way! Pass the tissues please!
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