November

In Novemeber we were hit again with illness. Unfortunately Olivia had the worst of it - the Great Stomach Virus of 2010. None of us had a regular 24 hour flu bug, instead we were down and out for days, especially Olivia. On her 3rd day of vomiting and not an iota of improvement we took her to the doctor. After a quick look over he sent us to the emergency room because she was so dehydrated (white, chapped lips and all) and needed an iv of fluids. While in the emergency room a blood draw was taken and iv started with fluids. Poor Liv. She was obviously very scared, afterall she had only been to the emergency room twice - once for stitches and once 3 days after she was born for jaundice. After the bood work results came back, the doctor said she would need to stay over night to get a continuous iv of fluids through the night (her hydration number was 13 and normal is 20). Nana had already picked up Ethan and Daddy went home to take care of him. Mommy stayed in the hospital with Olivia. She did a great job being brave for her stomach xrays and all the poking and prodding they needed to do throughout the night. Daddy came back the next morning as soon as he could, anxious to see his sweetheart. We made a fun time of playing hangman on the nurse's white board while waiting for the okay to go home. Little girl lost 4 pounds while being sick and none of her pants would stay up properly. This was just before Thanksgiving. Daddy and Olivia styed home for Thanksgiving and Ethan didn't want to go either because, "I don't like turkey and tomatoes. Hmph." So I just went and enjoyed seeing everyone and ate a delicious meal.