So, last night I had my first experience with what I would call "near projectile vomit". I say "near" because Justin insists that it wasn't actually projectile, just "free flowing". Any way you slice it, it was like a fire hose. Adam came down with a fever and we gave him some Tylenol and about 10 seconds later everything came up. Justin was holding him, so he, Adam and the couch got hit the worst. All joking aside, it was pretty scary. We got him to take some more Tylenol and his fever went away pretty quickly after that. We'll see how today goes. I think his fever is starting to come back. Yuck. Luckily Kaiser has nice advice nurses you can call any moment of the day or night with any concern you have. They have been helpful, mostly in a reassuring/common sense/clear fluids sort of way. We have an appointment to take him to see his doctor tomorrow morning if he isn't better. Part of me just wants to rush him down there right now, but what will they be able to do? Probably not much other than tell me what the advice nurse has and say that we have to wait another day or two and see if things get better. Anyway, it is interesting venturing into the world of parental love and concern. When your little one feels bad, you want to do anything to make them feel better. . . and when they do feel better it doesn't matter that you only got 5 hours of sleep last night - you feel elated and ready to take on the world.
Anyway those are my thoughts for now. Here are some pictures of a not-so-sick little boy who I love very much:
1 comments:
Oh Hil, isn't it horrible when they're sick? And the vomit- whether projectile or not (and really, I think anything that isn't headed for a toilet counts as projectile) is the worst. I'm sorry it was bad, and hope he's feeling much better.
And don't you just hate it when they throw up after you give them medicine, so you have no idea how much is actually in their system when you go to give them more? At least he threw up right after, so you could be sure it was all out. It's when it's like a half an hour later that it just stinks. ;)
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