really, alaythia was nothing. i thought it was bad then. oh no. it was only the beginning.
alaythia rallied in about 36 hours, only throwing up twice. really by sunday evening we knew she was on the mend. isaiah had shared her cup just hours before she threw up, so we knew it was coming. but saturday, nothing...sunday, nothing... we started to believe we were out of the clear.
oh no. we all woke up to screaming monday morning. and it didn't stop, he spent ALL DAY sick, sick, sick. at 6am this morning, when isaiah was still going, it was a consensus that we would call the doctor to have him seen.
daddy was flushing throw up in his shirt and tie this morning before he left for work. papa was scrubbing couches, gg was changing clothes and it wasn't even 7am yet.
we headed to the doctor where they tested and poked. isaiah didn't talk. his eyes were sunken in, vacant stares. he had not kept even a sip of water down. the doctor didn't like what she saw, and after blood tests decided that he needed to go to the local children's hospital. before my mother-in-law and i knew what was happening, we were on our way to get IV fluids and a stomach xray.
i kid you not.
isaiah and i checked in at the ER. papa, gg and girls drove to get matt from work. when matt walked through the ER doors over to isaiah and i huddled in the corner, zay man and i could not hold back the tears. but sophia was hungry and i had to go. i kissed my men and headed out.
i would get text messages to update me. 'he has strep also'. 'waiting for the IV'. 'IV in, stud'. daddy and his boy getting it done.
anti-nausea medicine, ibuprofen, a bag of fluid and a prescription for antibiotics. half way through the bag our boy reemerged. he's running, playing, fighting with his sister. and just hours ago he was lethargic and vacant looking.
apparently it's a form of strep and it was causing the throwing up. the younger you are, the better you respond to it. make sense that alaythia did better than him. and the doctor said sophia is to young to get it.
now we're not out of clear yet, there are 4 adults who have been covered and splattered, snuggled and kissed. but honestly, i'm not sure how much more we can take. i'm not sure how much more i can take. when i think about the fact that this all could have happened when i was on my own (because i haven't even gone into what matt's had to produce for school in the past few days) i shudder. really, i cry in thankfulness for papa and gg and all they have done for us in the past days.
yesterday matt said to a neighbor in passing...it can't get much worse than this. oh we had no idea what today was going to hold.
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Oh, my word! You poor folks! I will be praying for ALL of you. So glad that Isaiah has turned the corner. We went through that with Chris at about the same age. That empty stare and the lethargy is way more frightening than all the vomiting.
Love, Aunt Sandi
O chica, let a girl know if there is anything I can do. Seriously!!
I'm so sorry Natalie! I am praying for you guys!
goodness, nat! sounds like one of the worst days in your life! i am so sorry. hope everyone else stays well. my love to all five of you.
What a horrible day! So glad Isaiah is better. Praying that the rest of you stay healthy! Hang in there, friend! My love to you all!
natalie, i can't even BEGIN to imagine what the past few days for you have been like. man oh man. after all this, everything else will seem like a breeze! again, so glad you guys had papa and gg there to help..what a life saver! Give Isaiah a huge hug for us...glad to know that he is going to be okay. That must have been scary. Thinking of you daily, sister.
wow, natalie, i am so sorry! eleanor and william were extremely sick for about 10 days after we brought jack home, made the new baby seem like the easy part! :D and then when william was recently in the hopsital todd was the one to stay because i had to nurse jack...i know it's hard! anyway, glad you guys are feeling better and that sophia stayed well!!
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