So 3 weeks ago Rylan and I had a nasty 24-48 hour virus that caused us both to have fevers and act pretty puny. Then about 10 days ago the boys and I got a cold that gave us runny noses and an annoying cough. We are all still coughing but our noses are starting to clear up. Brian has had a bit of it too, but not as bad.
And now we've had a stomach bug. We were out of town Sunday and I started throwing up around 3 pm. Luckily we were at a park at the time letting Carter play on a playground so I was able to hide behind a tree. We decided to head home after I threw up a few more times. It was a very long ride home as I had to make Brian pull over several times on the interstate so I could throw up.
We made it home right at bedtime. Luckily the boys were both tired enough to go straight to sleep so I could too. Rylan got up around 11 pm and 4:30 am to feed. I struggled through the first feeding and by the second one I was feeling a little better.
Unfortunately, when Rylan woke up again around 6 am, his crib was soaked. Now he had the stomach bug. I thought I was feeling okay but as soon as I had gotten out of bed to get Carter when he woke up at 5:30 am, I knew that Brian was going to have to stay home and help me out.
Brian is amazing and took care of sick Rylan and Carter all morning while I stayed in bed. Rylan went through about every outfit we have for him and Brian got thrown up on at least a couple of times.
By lunchtime I was well enough to start helping out and Brian was able to get a little work done during Carter's nap.
We had been in contact with the nurse at our pediatrician's office during the day and when we called around 4 pm because Rylan hadn't had a wet diaper all day, they decided it was best for us to head down to Children's Hospital to have Rylan checked out.
Even though I still wasn't feeling well, I decided to take Rylan down on my own. He still nurses and refuses to take a bottle so Brian taking him wasn't an option. Plus Brian was worried that the stomach bug might hit him at any time and it seemed to make the most sense for him to stay home with Carter.
The triage nurse gave Rylan a dose of Zofran right when we got to the hospital and that seemed to finally help. Rylan stopped throwing up and was finally keeping some breast milk down.
Isn't Rylan cute in his extra-small hospital gown? He doesn't even look sick!
Rylan still has a cough from our never-ending cold and the doctor heard some wheezing when checking him out. So she ordered a chest x-ray for him to rule out pneumonia and a breathing treatment.
To do the x-ray, they put Rylan on a board and strapped down his legs. Then I had to hold his arms over his head. Rylan was not a big fan of this and there were plenty of tears but we got through it.
Then someone from the respiratory department came to our room and did a breathing treatment with albuterol. Again, Rylan didn't love having the mask held over his face, but we got through it.
The doctor checked Rylan after the breathing treatment and he sounded better. Also, she was able to rule out pneumonia on the x-ray. Since Rylan didn't throw up while we were at the hospital, the doctor sent us home with prescriptions for Zofran and an albuterol inhaler. We ended up being there only about 2 hours.
We got home around bedtime so I nursed Rylan and put him to bed. I also went to bed and only had to get up once to feed Rylan all night. They had given Rylan a dose of Motrin before we left the hospital because he had a fever of 100.9 F so that may of helped him sleep.
The nurse at our pediatrician's office called us back this morning to check on Rylan. I told her about discovering Rylan's wheezing while at the hospital and that Carter's cough is so much worse than Rylan's. She suggested we bring Carter in to have him checked out too. So we went in and luckily he is just fine.
Rylan was doing great all day and I was even feeding him some oatmeal and applesauce but then he threw up this afternoon again. We gave him a dose of Zofran and he's been okay since.
My biggest concern for him right now is that my milk supply is EXTREMELY low. I was already taking Reglan to help up my supply but getting so dehydrated and not being able to eat has completely messed me up. I'm still having trouble eating but I've been downing tons water and Gatorade. Rylan is getting something because he had a few wet diapers today. Hopefully my body figures this out soon because we've been trying to give Rylan Pedialyte and we've only been successful once (with just 1 oz). Rylan just cries when we try to give him a bottle and refuses to suck on it.
Hopefully we all get better soon! The stomach bug, the flu, and everything else seems to be hitting this area really hard right now. I really hope that we don't catch something else - we need a break!
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