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A night in the E.R.

March 26th, 2009 at 07:34 pm

Man, I am soooo tired!!!!

At 10 pm last night the baby woke up and had diarrhea & was throwing up. She was shaking as we got her cleaned up and thats just when I said she needs to go in.

So I took her in and I LOVE how we live 5-10 minutes away from a brand new out-patient hospital that has NO WAIT for the ER. I literally gave the clerk my name and signed in, and didn't even have time to pick up my bags before the Triage nurse called us.

The baby is normally 16 lbs 11 oz as of last week. Last night she was 15 lbs 13 oz at FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD. So she lost almost a pound in a week and she isn't even on the growth curve, if anything she JUST made it on to the one percentile.

The doc gave her 2 bags of IV fluids and between 10:30 and 2 am she threw up 3 times and had diarrhea 4 times. The hospital discharged us after the baby's color looked much better and she plumped up a little from the fluids. They sent us home with some Pedialyte too.

She really needed the IV. But it was challenging holding a baby for that long & trying to keep her from pulling on her IV.

I stumbled in the door at 2:30 am and we quickly went to bed. Was pleasantly surprised to come home and find DH on the couch waiting up for us. Or he TRIED to wait up for us, he ended up falling asleep cause it got so late.

Then at 6:30 I had to be up again for the other kids. Called in again to work to let them know what was going on.

You know, every time I go to the ER for one of the kids - I'm always thankful for a few things... 1) That we live so close to a hospital 2) That the hospital has no waiting (or in the rare event they do its within 30 min) and 3) That I never have to worry about hospital bills or copays because the kids are on the military's healthcare plan and can still see civilian doctors & facilities.

I think just the healthcare thing could cripple DH and I if we ever had to pay out of pocket. I never forget seeing my son's NICU bill and remembering how thankful I was that we never had to pay a cent of that. It makes you really grateful and reminds us we should never take our health for granted.

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5 Responses to “A night in the E.R.”

  1. Thrifty Ray Says:
    March 26th, 2009 at 08:06 pm 1238098019
    1238098019

    Glad your little one was treated and doing better. When they are that small, even a few ounces makes a big deal!

  2. NJDebbie Says:
    March 26th, 2009 at 08:09 pm 1238098191
    1238098191

    I hope your baby feels better soon. I hate those nasty stomach virus. My 15 year old has been home from school now for two days with the same thing.

  3. Broken Arrow Says:
    March 26th, 2009 at 08:41 pm 1238100102
    1238100102

    Awww, sorry to hear that. It's really neat that you're covered like that though.

  4. boomeyers Says:
    March 26th, 2009 at 09:03 pm 1238101413
    1238101413

    Glad to hear a bad time was a pleasant experience! I tell you, those kids!! My neighbor was just telling me that when her husband was laid off, everything went, salary, insurance and 401K. I am so worried for them!!

  5. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    March 26th, 2009 at 11:52 pm 1238111538
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    Its been so long since mine was a baby that looked at his baby book for weight and age. Mine was 16 lbs even at 3 mos, one week. So wow, your baby girl is a little one. I would have been so scared, as they can get so sick so fast when they are that little. Is she okay today? Are you okay now? You must be feeling wiped out.

    I pray you will never need to take a child to ER again. Good health!

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