As if her first Valentine’s Day and her first time in a swimming pool wasn’t enough for one day, little Grace “decided” to vomit her way into the Emergency Room. She mostly refused to eat from about 2:30pm and when she did manage a few ounces of bottle, it came firing back out half an hour later (hitting Jenn each and every time). The 1-900 number nurses…the ones with medical training not sultry voices…suggested that dehydration was the main concern and we should work at getting some flat 7UP or Pedialyte into her. That plan worked until the 7UP came right back (all over Jenn again) and we headed to the CPMC Pediatric ER. Of course as soon as we got here she seemed as happy as a clam and smiled at all of the nurses and doctors. She did learn that the price of admission is a rectal temperature which seemed to surprise her, to say the least.
We are now awaiting the results of a urine test to rule out a UTI and shooting a syringe full of Pedialyte into her mouth every 5 minutes. If that stays down, we will head home to get some sleep and see what adventures we can find on Feb 15th.
UPDATE:We are heading home, tired and happy that Grace has nothing more serious than penchant for entertaining nurses and a burgeoning Pedialyte addiction
