1st trip to the ER

When I found out I was having a boy, visions of evenings in the Emergency Room with broken bones, bruised & swollen ankles, busted open chins, eyebrows and lips danced across my thoughts. I didn't, however, think our first visit to the ER would be when Silas wasn't even 10 months old.

Tuesday we had a follow-up appointment to have his ears checked. Coincidentally, Silas got a fever Tuesday of 103.7 and was miserable. Thankfully Jake had him that day so they got lots of snuggle time together and neither of us had to miss work. Yesterday as I was getting ready to take Silas to the gym, he began throwing up and had lots of diarrhea. (TMI, I know.) That continued yesterday he didn't have a wet diaper at 10:30am. So today by 11:30am, he still didn't have a wet diaper so Jake brought Silas in to the ER.

Poor babe was poked 3 times in attempts to get an IV (which was never obtained), his blood levels indicated dehydration, and he had lost one pound in a matter of a day and half. They wanted to give him IV fluids but since they couldn't obtain the IV (and no, I didn't even want to try and get it myself), we pushed pedialyte (which he wouldn't take at home). Finally after almost 30 hours without a wet diaper, we got a wet diaper and he was able to keep fluids in without vomiting or having diarrhea! Yay!

Anyway we're home, Silas has kept fluids in for the most part and hopefully we're on the way to healing. :) Next up, we're looking at getting tubes put in his ears - I've heard it works wonders and I'm ready for a healthy baby again!!!