Friday, March 6, 2009
Life is good
Hunterbear is MUCH better today! Yesterday, he managed to keep all of his food down, and he even requested to play outside with the neighbors. We had such a good day. It was so nice to see our little bugger back to his old self. He definitely got more wiped out than usual, but overall he was feeling much better. That's not to say every now and then he cries out saying his 'tummy hurts', but I secretly think he just wants me to hold and love him.....and I have absolutely no problem with this. The best part of our night was that we could spend ALL day outdoors because of this most recent beautiful weather. We ended the night with a bond fire with the neighbors.....God, life sure it good!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Please pray
Well, my baby is still sick. He threw up again last night, and has just been completely wiped out. Please pray we do not need to go back to the ER. I thought my nursing knowledge would make me more prepared for situations like this, but I think it makes me more scared because I know the dangers of things like dehydration in children. I am doing my best to rehydrate him, but he does not look at me as a nurse, he sees me as mom and right now he doe not want to listen to me. Ahhhh Please pray pray that my baby gets over this.
I have to admit this whole sick stage has really made me miss my high maintenance child. Although, I love my new cuddly boy, I feel so helpless and that is not a good feeling for any parent. Five days of quiet is more than enough for me. I want him back to running around and making me laugh with his hysterical songs and stories that he makes up. I want him back to running around outside with the neighbors....especially because we finally have BEAUTIFUL weather!
I'll keep everyone updated, hopefully from home!
I have to admit this whole sick stage has really made me miss my high maintenance child. Although, I love my new cuddly boy, I feel so helpless and that is not a good feeling for any parent. Five days of quiet is more than enough for me. I want him back to running around and making me laugh with his hysterical songs and stories that he makes up. I want him back to running around outside with the neighbors....especially because we finally have BEAUTIFUL weather!
I'll keep everyone updated, hopefully from home!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
And Life continues
Sorry for the lack of updates, but we started that original blog to update family and friends on my pregnancy, but since my miscarriage occurred it has been hard to come back to blogging. I have been fortunate enough to be able to keep a blog about my uncle John's journey (johnhannan.blogspot.com) , so this has allowed me to keep my 'blogging skills' up to par, so to speak.
Anyways, I have decided to continue my original blog, because even though I am no longer pregnant, our life as continued. And my little Hunterbear has kept us more than busy this past month. And what better time to start blogging then when something bad happens....
Starting this past Saturday, Hunter was complaining of a stomach ache. Being the great mom that I am, I thought he was just trying to get out of dinner that his Grandma had made for all of us. Well, he proved me wrong, and threw up quite a lot that night. This 'sick spell' continued into Sunday morning. I was sure he just had a 24 hour bug of some sort. Monday came around, and he had been acting fine all Sunday night and all Monday morning, so I decided he was fine for me to go to work, but not well enough to go to day care. Fortunately, we have amazing friends and one of our friends offered to come sit with Hunter while we both went to work. Imagine my guilt, when I came home from work to find a weak, clingy, sick little boy. PJ said he did not throw up at all, and had been acting fine all day until 20 minutes before i walked in. Hunter was just not himself.
When Paul got home, we decided to keep him home another day just to 'watch him'. Just watching him turned into a trip to the ER the very next day. Hunter spent the whole night throwing up and crying...poor little guy! So Tuesday came around, and Paul had planned on taking him to the doctor's that day. I, unfortunately, was at work because I am still on orientation. I called and Hunter was sound asleep at 8:00am, after waking up at 6. I know he was wiped out from being sick, but that didnt seem right. I called the doctors and they told me to just have Hunter brought to the ER. Thank God, I worked right upstairs. So Paul brought him and I met them at the ER. At first, Hunter was acting fine so they just started giving him oral fluids and again just watched him as he lay there sipping on juice and watching cartoons. I went back upstairs to get some work done, and before I knew it Paul called and told me he threw everything up, and they were putting in an IV....ahhhh
They took his blood and it turned out, he was EXTREMELY dehydrated. Even as a nurse, it killed me to have to watch my baby go through having an IV. So 650 cc's of fluid and 5 hours later, they sent him home. Well, I am very happy they did not have to admit us, but I am not so happy that my poor llittle bugger is still sick. OK I know that was a lot of detail, but I just had to get it all out because Oh my what a day! Currently as I write this, he is lying on my lap resting after another trip to the bathroom to puke.
Please pray that he can get over this bug, and be back to his normal entertaining self! We sure do miss our little Feisty guy.
Beside this most recent issue with our little guy, we are doing well. Thanks again for all the outpouring of love after my miscarriage.
Be sure to check back for updates.
Anyways, I have decided to continue my original blog, because even though I am no longer pregnant, our life as continued. And my little Hunterbear has kept us more than busy this past month. And what better time to start blogging then when something bad happens....
Starting this past Saturday, Hunter was complaining of a stomach ache. Being the great mom that I am, I thought he was just trying to get out of dinner that his Grandma had made for all of us. Well, he proved me wrong, and threw up quite a lot that night. This 'sick spell' continued into Sunday morning. I was sure he just had a 24 hour bug of some sort. Monday came around, and he had been acting fine all Sunday night and all Monday morning, so I decided he was fine for me to go to work, but not well enough to go to day care. Fortunately, we have amazing friends and one of our friends offered to come sit with Hunter while we both went to work. Imagine my guilt, when I came home from work to find a weak, clingy, sick little boy. PJ said he did not throw up at all, and had been acting fine all day until 20 minutes before i walked in. Hunter was just not himself.
When Paul got home, we decided to keep him home another day just to 'watch him'. Just watching him turned into a trip to the ER the very next day. Hunter spent the whole night throwing up and crying...poor little guy! So Tuesday came around, and Paul had planned on taking him to the doctor's that day. I, unfortunately, was at work because I am still on orientation. I called and Hunter was sound asleep at 8:00am, after waking up at 6. I know he was wiped out from being sick, but that didnt seem right. I called the doctors and they told me to just have Hunter brought to the ER. Thank God, I worked right upstairs. So Paul brought him and I met them at the ER. At first, Hunter was acting fine so they just started giving him oral fluids and again just watched him as he lay there sipping on juice and watching cartoons. I went back upstairs to get some work done, and before I knew it Paul called and told me he threw everything up, and they were putting in an IV....ahhhh
They took his blood and it turned out, he was EXTREMELY dehydrated. Even as a nurse, it killed me to have to watch my baby go through having an IV. So 650 cc's of fluid and 5 hours later, they sent him home. Well, I am very happy they did not have to admit us, but I am not so happy that my poor llittle bugger is still sick. OK I know that was a lot of detail, but I just had to get it all out because Oh my what a day! Currently as I write this, he is lying on my lap resting after another trip to the bathroom to puke.
Please pray that he can get over this bug, and be back to his normal entertaining self! We sure do miss our little Feisty guy.
Beside this most recent issue with our little guy, we are doing well. Thanks again for all the outpouring of love after my miscarriage.
Be sure to check back for updates.
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