The past week has definitely been the worst week we have had as a family since Jacob was born - maybe even since we got married (which is saying a lot considering what our 2008 was like).
Last Thursday night I got home about 9:45pm and walked in to the sounds of Jacob screaming. The vomiting had just begun and continued for about 45 minutes. Poor little guy. The next day he acted hungry, but anytime we tried to feed him, he threw up. We kept giving him water but he would only drink a little and we tried to give him Pedialyte, but he would have none of it.
Because he wouldn't really drink much, by the middle of the night Friday night/Saturday morning he was pretty dehydrated and couldn't even keep water down any longer. He was also lethargic and almost catatonic. A trip to the pediatrician ended up with us force feeding him little amounts of Enfalyte every 5 minutes to get him re-hydrated. The force feeding continued for a little while after we got home and then Jacob realized the Pedialyte tasted much better than the Enfalyte so luckily he started drinking on his own and we didn't have to force him any longer.
Justin headed out to Walmart to do our grocery shopping and ran into Mike in the store and again in the parking lot. Good thing he saw Mike in the parking lot because one of the tires on Justin's car was almost completely flat (tires we bought in June of this year). Mike took Justin to his house, charged up his compressor and brought it up to the Walmart parking lot to fill the tire for Justin. Thanks Mike!
Sunday Jacob seemed to be doing great so we moved up from just Pedialyte to soy formula. We checked Justin's car and the tire seemed to be holding air fine.
Monday, I woke up sick. Seems like I caught the stomach bug from Jacob. Jacob seemed to be doing pretty well though and Justin worked from home to help me take care of Jacob. Good thing - because I slept TONS. Justin made a run to the store for Gatorade and saltines and although the tire seemed fine, the check engine light came on. SERIOUSLY?!?!?! (But he didn't tell me about the light coming on until the next evening.)
By Monday night I wasn't feeling great, but well enough to teach my class. Tuesday I was still feeling tired, but not really sick anymore. It seemed like we were both getting better until Jacob threw up. It wasn't like when he first started getting sick though and it was only once. Other than that, all seemed fine.
Justin called me on his way home from the Park and Ride Tuesday night to let me know about the check engine light and to tell me that the car was "vibrating" as he drove. Luckily the car made it home, and the tire that was flat on Saturday was fine.
Wednesday Justin woke Jacob and I at 5:30am so that we could all take Justin to the Park and Ride. The joys of being a one-car family. Jacob acted tired all morning but I was too - we don't like waking up so early. Yesterday afternoon Jacob spit up a couple times, which is unusual for him, but it wasn't vomit and he is still recovering from being sick so we thought everything was fine.
It was rough getting dinner ready, getting Justin picked up from the Park and Ride and getting to my class on time last night, but everything worked out and we planned to drop Justin's car off with a mechanic today.
But last night Jacob got sick all over again. Vomiting every 5-10 minutes for about 45 minutes. Then he fell asleep exhausted but kept waking up every couple hours because the poor kid was starving. Luckily he was drinking water and Pedialyte much better than when he first got sick last Thursday so we weren't worried about him getting dehydrated again.
Due to our extremely rough night AND the fact we are juggling with only one car (and needing to take Justin's car to the shop) Justin decided to work from home today. As we start leaving the house for the mechanic, I notice that Justin's tire is completely flat. Are you kidding me? Luckily it is the same tire that was flat the other night, but still.
Justin takes off the tire and switches it for the spare and we see that the tire has a huge gash on the inside wall. Had it been the outside, I would have thought someone had slashed his tire. The tire has been taken to Firestone, and we are waiting for a new one to come in, and the car is at the mechanic's and we are waiting to find out what is wrong with it.
I know at times like this we should look at our blessings so here goes:
- Justin hasn't gotten sick with this stomach flu.
- We still have one car that is working well (our older car - but hey, it is a Honda)
- Justin has been working in town last week and this week to help take care of our sick little boy (and Jacob please get over this by Sunday when Justin leaves for the week)
- Because Justin has been working in town on a client based out of town, he has had more flexibility to work from home
2 comments:
Yuck! I hope that you are all over the stomach flu. That is one nasty bug that always seems to cycle through our house a couple of times before we get rid of it. Luckily for us, none of us have had to worry about dehydration. I hope that the rest of the month improves every day!
Sorry you have had so many problems, but like you said it is good that Justin has been there to help. Wish I could be there to help too!
Mom
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