Brae is getting better
By Christy On Tuesday, March 10, 2009 At 10:27 AM
Braeden is back at day care today. This is his first day out of the house, aside for the doctor and hospital visits, since last Tuesday. When he got out of the car to see his Gram this morning he said, "Look, I'm walking." I could have cried right then.
He really had been too sick to walk. Nearly a full week of just laying on the sofa, whimpering during his naps and throwing up or having diarrhea completely wore down his body. He has lost a noticeable amount of weight and his eyes are still very dark and sunken in, but he has made huge progress. Yesterday afternoon he actually wanted to eat something and he started drinking his grape propel (courtesy of Barb) without me having to remind him to drink. It was like a miracle to me. The sudden will to get better he began displaying.
He had a stomach bug of some sort. It's going around and it seems to be just destroying the children who catch it. He only had a fever one day which is good because he dehydrated even without running a fever.
Saturday we spent 8 hours in the ER at A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children. It was packed in the waiting room. They did an abdominal x-ray which showed a blocked/impacted area of his intestines which was something he was dealing with in addition to the bug. It was causing him great pain.
I won't get into everything they did to help him get better, but let's just say that little boy has been through hell and back over the last seven days.
I am so, so, so very grateful to see him perking up now.
Thank you to everyone who has helped out and prayed for him!
He really had been too sick to walk. Nearly a full week of just laying on the sofa, whimpering during his naps and throwing up or having diarrhea completely wore down his body. He has lost a noticeable amount of weight and his eyes are still very dark and sunken in, but he has made huge progress. Yesterday afternoon he actually wanted to eat something and he started drinking his grape propel (courtesy of Barb) without me having to remind him to drink. It was like a miracle to me. The sudden will to get better he began displaying.
He had a stomach bug of some sort. It's going around and it seems to be just destroying the children who catch it. He only had a fever one day which is good because he dehydrated even without running a fever.
Saturday we spent 8 hours in the ER at A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children. It was packed in the waiting room. They did an abdominal x-ray which showed a blocked/impacted area of his intestines which was something he was dealing with in addition to the bug. It was causing him great pain.
I won't get into everything they did to help him get better, but let's just say that little boy has been through hell and back over the last seven days.
I am so, so, so very grateful to see him perking up now.
Thank you to everyone who has helped out and prayed for him!
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I'm so glad that he's feeling better. His little underoo'd body tugged at my heartstrings the other day.
I'm so glad that the propel is helping. I looked for another pack at Wal*Mart yesterday but they're out. I figured that Mama Bear over there stocked up! ;)