The Wright Family Blog: What A Week It's Been!

What a week it has been! Words can't express what it feels like to have your baby get sick and not be able to fix it and make him feel better. The week started with Logan throwing up Monday morning before heading back to California from our Thanksgiving vacation. He seemed ok at first but as the day continued he progressively got fussier and fussier. Tuesday night brought more vomiting, sleeplessness, and uncontrollable crying and by Wednesday morning he was throwing up bright green. This wasn't good and I immediately got us packed up and headed to the ER. Once there, they ran a series of tests and Logan was put through the ringer. He had an IV put in, blood drawn, a catheater inserted to draw urine, and finally a Barium enima done. My poor little baby was very brave but at the end of the day we were sent home because nothing was found. At first he looked a little better but again, he progressively got worse over the next day. He would cry for hours unconsolably and not sleep hardly at all. After a very sleepless night for all three of us, we finally decided to head back to the ER Friday morning. They proceeded to insert another IV, draw blood, and do a catscan of the brain. Again the results were negative! This was definitely a good thing but as a parent I just wanted to find the answer to the poblem rather than be told they couldn't find anything and send us home again. And so we headed home again only to have Logan start throwing up green once more! At this point both Jeremy and I were not going to take going to the ER again and were going to have him admitted. So, back in the car we were, my little one completely lethargic and ill. He got sick several more times that evening before they took him to get a Barium GI Test. Again the test came back negative but did show that he was having reflux issues, though this was not what was making him sick. That evening, the nurses attempted to put an IV in once again but because he was so dehydrated at that point they were unsuccessful after about 6-7 attempts. It is quite possibly the worst feeling in the world to watch your baby go through pain and not be able to take their place. Thankfully, we tried giving him small amounts of pedialyte to hopefully re-hydrate him without having to insert tubes in his nose. He was able to hold the liquid down and therefore get hydrated on his own. By Staurday he was seeming somewhat better although the reflux he is dealing with is pretty painful for him. However he was eating a little and not throwing up anymore. We stayed one more night to ensure all would continue to go ok. He did well enough for the doctors to say that the virus he had was pretty much gone. Now we just have to deal with the reflux issue. We got home yesterday afternoon and it was so great to have him home and feeling quite a bit better. Jeremy and I have decided that last night was the most "smily" we have ever seen him at one time. He just couldn't stop smiling and he knew he was home. He even gave us his first true giggle. It was so much fun. I look forward to hearing many more of those from him! :) I know this is quite the long account but I want to remember all that he went through this past week. I am just so thankful that he is feeling better and that the issues were not much worse. So many thoughts go through your head as a parent and I am just so happy that it turned out like this.