Emergency Room
It was just Christmas day that I commented we have done pretty good parenting for eight years, never making a trip to the emergency room!
Oh bother why did I say it out loud! I took baby Quincy to the emergency room last night with a fever and lethargic. She had been sleeping for two days only eating little ammounts with a lot of effort to keep her awake. I chalked it up to a growth spurt until the fever hit last night.
Of course it was Friday night, of course she was with a babysitter while we took in a basketball game and of course I weaned her two weeks ago. Argh, the guilt!
Six hours of waiting, blood and urine tests and IV to hydrate and nothing seems wrong. Just a virus they said. Because the Childrens hosptial is about 45 mintues away DH and the boys came with and got a hotel room across the street to be near by if needed. Quincy and I left the hospital at 5 a.m., walked across the street and plunked into bed. She's all better now.
That is the last middle of the night during flu season emergency room visit I ever hope to make!
My favorite part of the evening was during the second failed attempt to get an IV in her tiny dehydrated veins, the nurse said "Won't she take a pacifier?" I said "not now, she isn't stupid!" Like a pacifier will make her forget needles are poking into her arm!
Alls well that ends well I guess, she put us through a scare but is cooing and smiling now and none the wiser or sleepier! No rest for her weary mom!
Kelly
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I'm glad all seems to be well
I'm glad all seems to be well now.
Grrrrr about multiple attempts with IVs on a baby, though. We had a nightmare of a time keeping a line in Tom when he needed one. I hope next time you get the 'best' person first! It's so hard having to deal with multiple attempts, even when you're not fielding somewhat rude comments at the same time!!
Hope mama AND baby feel all better very soon.
-Kitty, mama to Fiona, Thomas, and Dylan.
how scary!
we've only made one trip to urgent care for illness -- it isn't fun! someone also recommended to me once to carry a prescription of EMLA cream (it's a topical numbing agent) to have one hand if your child should ever need iv, stitches, etc... My dr. was happy to write a script, but unfortunately i've lost mine after carrying it around for 2 yrs
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I'm so glad that she is doing better! i was just reading a bunch of stuff about relactation in such situations, if you are interested just to get through the flu season i could pass it on
jessica
Glad she's OK
If it helps any with perspective, you're STILL doing great, at least on the ER visit measure...we've had half a dozen in the last three years, from a cut needing stitches to what turned out to be pneumonia. Stuff happens.
Ew. I hate the ER.
Last time was stitches in my DD's forehead. Was that ever awful! I'm so glad that all ended well for you and Quincy. Poor baby!
I hate our local ER so much that when my DH had what I was sure was appendicitis, I convinced him to drive 45 minutes to a better hospital. Was it ever worth it. Still paying off that surgery, too.
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