So, here is the story with Jace. Jace first started acting sick on Wednesday. I could tell he was sick and he really would not eat anything but he was doing OK. He then started having diarrhea on Thursday and was not really eating at all but he still seemed to be doing OK. Then Friday morning got here. At this point Jace was vomiting and having very bad diarrhea. He was so sick that he could not even sit up. If you lifted his arm up and let go it would immediately fall down. He was very lifeless.
Because of all of this we took him to the emergency room Friday morning. He was so sick that he did not even fight the ER staff when they were doing things to him (putting an IV in, lab draws, finger stick, chest x ray, physical exam, etc.) He would wake up briefly and then go back to sleep (not a good sign). The ER got his labs back and were able to tell that he was very dehydrated, his blood glucose level was also very low. They gave him dextrose (sugar through the IV) to help bring this level back up. They then told us that he would need to be admitted. We were in the ER for hours. They wanted to make sure his blood sugar was high enough before they admitted him to the floor. They were so worried about getting this up that they raised it to 277 (more than double what it should be).
Finally we got up to the floor. They continued to give Jace IV fluids and also gave him IV potassium. After having an IV all day and night, on top of the meds given we had our Jace back to himself by morning. I was blown away how fast everything worked. He went from being extremely sick to almost completely better by morning. They made Jace stay until after he had lunch and kept it down and then we were able to be discharged. I was soooooo glad about going home.
We still need to watch Jace and make sure he takes in enough fluid so he does not get dehydrated again (he still has severe diarrhea). I think we should be on the road to recovery (just in the nick of time because we leave for Florida on Monday).
Jace smiling again.....
4 comments:
Awe poor little Jace! I am glad everything is going better, and glad to get a full report! Hopefully he will be feeling good, with little diareah for the trip! Ü Call me in the morning when you find out(sign up) about swim/gym. We missed you today! AND Koen stayed in nursery and was good...can you believe it?
I'm glad you had your camera. I thought about getting a picture of him in there. Not the greatest memory, but still something he went through as a kid. Have sooo much fun on your trip. Hoping for no blowouts on the airplane.
The pictures in the hospital make me so sad! I am glad Jace is feeling better though. Wow, talk about scary! Have fun on your trip!
I'm glad Jace is feeling better. I hope you've been having fun in warm, sunny Florida!
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