He woke up late Monday night early Thursday with a nasty stomach bug. He ended up puking blood which alarmed me so that morning we went to the emergency room. He was complaining of a headache, foot were hurting and his back. I automatically thought maybe he was dehydrated from the weekend and the prior night. They tested his urine and it came back fine so we were sent home.
He came back to my office with me and fell asleep (which is very rare of him). That night he wasn't feeling any better.
The next morning my mother instinct told me something was wrong. He was supposed to spend the day with my mom but instead we headed to the emergency room again this time just a different one. We went to a pediatric emergency room. As soon as we got there they hooked him up to an IV of fluid. He was severely dehydrated. He was still complaining of stomach pains so they sent him for a CT scan and all was clear with that. We were admitted for the night for more fluids. His blood tests came back fine. They tested his stool and based on the results of that (and the smell alone) he tested positive for the rotovirus. We had to stay another night for more fluids and to be on the safe side as he still wasn't drinking or eating much on his own.
We finally got discharged! Oh wait just to be re-admitted a couple hours later. We get home and he goes right back to sleeping, wakes up to use the restroom and pukes more blood! The nurse told us to come right back where we hooked up to more IV. His potassium level was also very low so they tried to give him it throught the IV but it burned and the oral medicine was even worse.
We got to go home the next day and we haven't been back! Thanks goodness! The nurses and staff at the hospital were beyond amazing! It was rough to see him so sick but I knew he was in the best care.
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