Washer and Dryer Got Lots of Use

It’s no fun when a child is sick.

C must have caught some sort of stomach virus on Tuesday at lunch when we went out.  She threw up in the car (what fun) and several times at home.  She couldn’t hold any food or liquid down.  We gave her Pedialyte and even that caused her to throw up.  We called the dr on Wednesday morning and were told to follow a routine to give her incremental (tsp) dosages of Pedialyte every 15 minutes until she could drink 2-4 oz without throwing up. (We didn’t know about this incremental dosage.) 

Finally, I was able to give her some bread on Thursday after her nap.   Today, we returned somewhat back to normal, and I gave her bread, chicken, and potatoes (all plain) for her meals.

The worse part of all of this (for me) was hearing her ask for milk or for me to “pour more” when she finished a few sips of the Pedialyte.  And, she would stand in the kitchen in front the refrigerator asking for food and crying.   And, I tried not to eat in front of her at all.

Now that I’ve gone through this vomiting episode with C, it’ll help me the next time she has stomach virus to know what to expect.  We kept calling the doctor’s office since we were worried about her not having any food for so long.  Also, for one of the nights, she kept waking up every 1-2 hours and throwing up – although not much came out since she was on Pedialyte.  Finally, we insisted on seeing the doctor (if just to rule out anything other than a stomach virus). 

I’m glad that C is back to normal and tonight is sleeping in her own bed.

(As a side note, the doctor looked at C’s ears to see if any sign of ear infection.  He mentioned a lot of dry wax was in there and suggested that we put a drop or two of cooking oil into her ears every day for a week to loosen the wax.  I had never heard of this before.   My first thought was “vegetable oil” or “olive oil?”    I still need to look this up on the web to see if it’s common knowledge!)