Poor Retta came down with a nasty stomach bug early Saturday morning. Despite all attempts to keep in fluid at home...we ended up going to Methodist Children's ER. We had consulted with our pediatrician by phone earlier in the day and were told that if it was a virus it may take up to 12 hours to run it's course.
However, new mommy lesson learned - I will never let a baby go longer than 4 hours vomiting. There is absolutely no point for a baby to have to suffer for that long.
By the time we made it to the ER that afternoon, Retta was moderately dehydrated and I felt absolutely horrible for not bringing her in earlier. After reviewing Retta's GI history, the ER doctor wanted to admit Retta to rule out a stomach blockage. So Dad stayed the night while I went home to sleep for 3 hours...it was a long day.
By Sunday morning, Retta was ready to party...Dad was ready to sleep!
I returned to the hospital at 6:00AM to catch the physicians rounding early...however, being Sunday, we didn't see the doctor until that afternoon. X-rays and sonograms ruled out a blockage. Chronic constipation was the culprit (my guess).
And by then, Retta was ready to EAT! Here she is so happy to eat a cracker! She was so hungry, she shoved an entire piece of toast into her mouth before we could stop her...and proceeded to choke on it. I practically pulled out her IV trying to get her to cough it up.
She was feeling much better.
They wanted to keep her for another night to make sure she continued to tolerate her B.R.A.T. diet, but I rebelled. Instead, I asked if the hospitalist could consult with Dr. Brigmann (the pediatric GI doctor we have been waiting to get in with for quite some time) to see if Retta could be seen earlier. And it worked! We were in the following week!
Complications were ruled out..
Retta was back to acting like herself...
we were going home!
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...or so we thought.
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