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One heck of a day!!! by jusbnme on 18 Apr, 2007 07:16
Man my sly bros., I had a pretty rough day yesterday. My son woke up at 4am crying and throwing up. So I tried to calm him and just give him some juice and water. But he threw that up as well. This went on until about 10am when he finally went to sleep for a while. I thought it was just a bug or a virus until I got to thinking that he hadn't peed all morning. Usually he'll go at least once an hour. So then I started getting worried and called his Dr. She said to bring him in a little later. So I got him up around noon and tried to feed him a light lunch. He did alright for a while but then threw that up and still had not peed. So I got him to the Dr.'s around 1pm and she said that he had a stomach virus and was badly dehydrated. She had me take him to my local hospital so that they could give him an IV to get him hydrated since he wouldn't keep nothing down on his own. They had to put a catheter in him because even after 2 bags of IV fluid he wouldn't pee on his own. I felt so bad for the little guy. He was so exhausted he just kept passing out on my chest while they were trying to work on him. We were there until about 10pm. He finally started peeing on his own and keeping oral fluids down. He's doing better this morning. He's just really tired. My new forum pic shows in detail how the day went yesterday. Man, people can give you all the advice they want but you never really know what parenthood is like until you actually experience it. Oh yeah, welcome to parenthood Mr. T. Just playing man. It's great. It's just like anything else...You have the good and you have the bad. Most of it it's all good though.
#1 by PigPen on 18 Apr, 2007 07:28
I'm with ya there Lance, my daughter broke her arm on Sunday at my mom's house. They live about 30 miles from us outside of town, so we met in the middle to pick her up. My wife and I took her to the closest hospital, and got her checked in. They checked it out, took X-Rays and all that fun stuff. After the X-Rays, the doc came in to tell us it was broken, and they had to transfer her to the main hospital to have it set, because the orthopedic doc had to do it and place some pins. It took two nurses, my wife and I to hold her down so they could start the IV. They ended up having to do it twice cause she moved. Then, since she was on narcotic pain meds, they wanted to transport her by ambulance. They got her strapped in the ambulance gurney and ready to go. I drove our van, and my wife rode in the ambulance with her. I left about five minutes before them, and I was pulling into the parking garage, my wife called and said an 18 wheeler turned over in front of them and they were stuck in traffic on the Interstate. So, the police got everyone on the ramp to move over to one side, and gave them a police escort down the ramp to the nearest exit. Finally got to the main hospital and got her prepped. They put two pins in her arm and set the bones. We made it home about 10:30 Sunday night.
#2 by jusbnme on 18 Apr, 2007 07:31
Damn PigPen...Maybe I didn't have such a bad day after all. Sorry to hear about all that but glad your daughter came out ok.
#3 by schro on 18 Apr, 2007 07:38
Wow to both of you! Hope your youngins' are doing better this morning.

Lance, strange coincidence. My wife & I were watching an episode of "House" that was sitting in our stored shows on Tivo, and the premise was a pregnant lady who was carrying a baby that was making her sick. One of the symptoms the fetus had was that it couldn't urinate on its own and the kids swollen bladder was inhibiting the lungs from developing. They made an incision in the womb and did a fetal operation and saved both the child and the mom.

Happy ending.

#4 by jusbnme on 18 Apr, 2007 07:40
Quote from: schro on 18 Apr, 2007 07:38
Wow to both of you! Hope your youngins' are doing better this morning.

Lance, strange coincidence. My wife & I were watching an episode of "House" that was sitting in our stored shows on Tivo, and the premise was a pregnant lady who was carrying a baby that was making her sick. One of the symptoms the fetus had was that it couldn't urinate on its own and the kids swollen bladder was inhibiting the lungs from developing. They made an incision in the womb and did a fetal operation and saved both the child and the mom.

Happy ending.

Thanks for the good words schro. Crazy episode of House. It's amazing the things they can do now.
#5 by Tyler on 18 Apr, 2007 08:01
Crazy guys!! I hope your week gets much better.
#6 by Paul on 18 Apr, 2007 08:14
Definitely makes my day sound better. Hope both kids are on the mend.
#7 by BALDANDRE on 18 Apr, 2007 08:21
Man...I just realized I CAN imagine what it is like in you shoes...

Kinda like now I empathize even more with people when i hear a horrible story about a baby, toddler or kid...

the little dude passing out on your chest Lance, gets to me....

NOW I can relate!

Glad all is well , my bald brutha!
#8 by BALDANDRE on 18 Apr, 2007 08:23
Pigpen ...your's doesn't sound anymore fun, geez!

Hope she's doing well now!
#9 by jusbnme on 18 Apr, 2007 16:11
Thanks for all the kind words guys. The little guy is doing a lot better since last night. He has been keeping fluids down all day and peeing like he's supposed to. So I guess the dehydration is under control. The only thing now is he screams like a mutha when he does pee where it's sore from the catheter. It makes me cringe every time he starts to scream and squirm around. The dr. said it's normal though and that it should get better after a few days.
#10 by jusbnme on 18 Apr, 2007 16:13
I hope your girl is recovering good as well PigPen. Take care.
#11 by HotCajun on 18 Apr, 2007 16:25
You guys...my heart goes out to all of you!!!

#12 by BALDANDRE on 18 Apr, 2007 16:52
Quote from: Lance on 18 Apr, 2007 16:11
The only thing now is he screams like a mutha when he does pee where it's sore from the catheter. It makes me cringe every time he starts to scream and squirm around. The dr. said it's normal though and that it should get better after a few days.

Uh, Lance...not exactly a walk in the park yet...man that stuff makes me uncomfortable, especially on someone who doesn't really understand....aww, little trooper!

I guess i've got lots of "fun stuff" to look forward too!

Hang tough, my bald brutha!
#13 by PigPen on 18 Apr, 2007 17:26
Big thanks to everyone!! My little princess is doing better, she'll get the full cast next week. She's milkin it for all it's worth, but you can get away with it when you're five and that damn cute.

Lance, glad to hear the little man is doin well.
#14 by BALDANDRE on 18 Apr, 2007 17:31
Nice to hear PigPen!