Golden Pig Tales

Ezra has had a stomach sickness during the past couple days that he got from preschool. We were forewarned of the possibility of Ezra catching the stomach sickness, so we weren’t freaked out like we were years ago when he got stomach sickness, and we are not new parents. This time there was some sleeplessness, lots of changing of cloths and washing of sheets and blankets after a vomiting. Ezra has slept a little more. He’s been fussy, and the binky has been stuck to his face for most of the past two days. Now he is recovering and nearing back to his normal self. I did happen to notice, because it was hard not to, that his farts are stinky manly farts. When I smelled one he let loose earlier today while watching Monster Truck Videos, I was both disgusted at the smell and proud.

My boy can create a stink like me

On Friday, Ezra received a clean bill of health for his ear infection! This was good news for sure.

Kalab went to Vegas on Friday, leaving Ezra and I to make plans of our own for the weekend. I decided that it would be fun to go to C-town to visit grammie and grampie T. Me and Ezra zoomed down after dropping off dad at the aiport. We arrived less than 2 hours later, and Ezra proceeded to run and explore - this was the first time he’s been to visit as a super mobile walker. He had lots of fun playing with bamboo in the backyard, trying to figure out how to wield an imaginary light saber/fishing pole/javelin. We had yummy food, including more fresh strawberries and blueberries.

Getting ready to leave on Sunday, Ezra seemed a little extra tired. He ended up sleeping the whole way home, and was then a little fussy. We had dinner back in P-town with DJ and G, and then I took DJ to the airport and swapped him for Kalab. Ezra put up with the dinner and the trip to the airport, but wasn’t his normal self, and he probably just wanted to be at home. He was happy to see dad though!

Sunday night Ezra developed a cough, which may or may not have been the cause of the vomiting at about midnight followed by a fever. It was either that or the 1/2 pint of strawberries Ezra ate on Sunday. Or maybe it’s just some mystery virus. Ezra seemed OK Monday morning, but then I got called to come get him from daycare at about noon because he had a fever and had puked again. So Ezra and I came home and got to hang out with dad for the next 36 hours. Ezra was generally OK, but dad and I went through our own little set of maladies, including, I think, a case of food poisoning! 

Wednesday morning came and Ezra awoke in pretty good spirits, and went off to daycare with a spring in his step with dad and I sort of shuffling and limping along after him…I’m hoping that our rollercoaster of health has just about reached the end of the line!

Seeing Ezra vomit for the first time was weird. Ezra’s face contorted and became all red. His chest convulsed then everything came pouring out like a fountain hurling water to the ground. It was a splash when the vomit hit the ground and not a splat like spit-up. There was a puddle of vomit and not a drop of spit-up.

After the sixth and seventh time of seeing Ezra vomit the weird wore to worry. Though Ezra was still in a really good mood and didn’t exhibit any signs of pain or displeasure or uneasiness or a temperature, we become more concerned when the chest convulsed and only the bile and foam oozed out.

After -v- called the pediatrician, they talked about poop and pee and other symptoms. The pediatrician said maybe it could be a stomach bug and to try giving Ezra electrolyte water to keep him hydrated and too see if he could keep the electrolyte water in the stomach. We bought some pediatric electrolyte water and gave some pediatric electrolyte water to him in intervals of 15 minutes during then next hour and a half. At the end of the hour and a half, Ezra was sleeping, so we laid him down for bed. Then he vomited the pediatric electrolyte water onto the bed. Then more bile was vomited (with a smile I’ll note). The pediatrician did suggest taking him in the emergency room and have him looked over for it could be some thing more than stomach flu. I thought instantly of some thing like viral meningitis.

We took him to the emergency room, and we were at the hospital for near four hours. During the four hours Ezra vomited breast milk, pediatric electrolyte water, and a little bile about nine times total; Ezra had his vitals taken; he was looked over by a triage person, two nurses, and two doctors; Ezra got many complements on how happy and smiling and pleasant he was even when he had a thermometer shoved up his butt; Ezra was given half an Ondansetron; and nearing the fourth hour a doctor came in to see Ezra again and said that Ezra was in too good of a mood and didn’t have any physical signs other than the vomiting to suggest some thing more than some sort of stomach flu. The doctor told us to go home and let him sleep then give him electrolyte water at 5 minute intervals. And if things got worse to bring him back or take him to our pediatrician.

Now Ezra and Valerie are sleeping. He has not vomited since we got home around 4 in the morning. He has had no symptoms of pain or displeasure. He has been in a good mood. He is now eating milk and doesn’t vomit just poops really slimy and stinky diarrhea.