Room 4001

Despite how good Jaden looked at the Beach on Friday, he was actually feeling a bit under the weather! He didn't sleep good that night before and was really not eating much that morning. Alyssa was so sad at the thought of not being able to go the beach with her friends because Jaden was sick. So, I decided to just go and see how it would be. We came home from Lake Mead around 3pm and by 6:15 I was in the Emergency room with Jaden. He still had not had anything to eat/drink and still did not have a wet diaper since 3am this morning. And at this point he had a 102 fever. Turns out the doc said he was pretty dehydrated from all the diarrhea. They decided to admit him after hours of IV fluids in the ER. We proceeded to make our way to room 4001, where we spent the next day trying to hydrate Jaden. We ended up going home around 6pm the next day and Jaden is doing much better. Still having fevers and a bit cranky, but at least he's eating now.

For those non medical people...........he ended up having Rota virus. It's pretty much like a bad stomach flu in adults, but babies get dehydrated really quick resulting in the need for IV fluids.

Boy is it different to be on the other side. It was pretty weird to be a patient on the floor I work on. I felt as though I should've been doing the work instead of calling someone else to do it! Aside from Alyssa's surgeries when she was little, it was one of the worst days. It was so hard to see Jaden get poked so much for IV's, labs, caths.....Poor baby! It truly is different to have your own child poked and prodded even when you do it to everyone elses kids on a daily basis. My heart goes out to all the parents that have to have their child in the hospital, no matter how minor the condition!

Thanks to Margaret and Dr. Joey for taking such good care of us!