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November 5, 2007
Up until now I haven’t blogged since Thursday morning and the reason for this is because the Stomach flu has been going around my family.
It started Thursday afternoon. I was going to take care of the billing stuff for the doctor, midwife and hospital and also take Sariah for the flu shot since they were having free flu shots for children that day. Well on my way to the pediatrician Sariah threw up and looked really sick so of course no flu shot. The doctor didn’t have any appointments at the time we got there so he gave Sariah a quick checkup and said that she had the stomach flu.
The next day I got the flu. I did not have any energy at all and from throwing up so many times I started loosing my voice which since yesterday has been totally gone.
Saturday morning my husband came down with the flu which was really bad for him since he was supposed to take a test that day. Hopefully his teacher will let him take it this week instead.
Worst of all yesterday morning I awoke to little Rebekah throwing up. When I turned the lights on I noticed that her vomit was bright yellow which I had never seen before so I looked it up online and all the medical sites that came up said to call the doctor immediatly if a baby has bright yellow or green vomit. I woke my husband up and told him (well moved my lips and gestured) about what was going on so he called the doctor who told him that if she doesn’t have any wet diapers by noon to take her to the emergency room. We waited until 2 pm and still no wet diapers so we took her to the hospital. The doctor there said she was not dehydrated and sometimes the body quits making urine to prevent dehydration. She has been sleeping a lot yesterday and today so hopefully she will be feeling better soon.
The people at the hospital also told me that I have laryngitis and to rest my vocal cords until I get my voice back.
Obviously we didn’t go to church yesterday and some people from church found out what was going on and made us dinner which was really nice of them.
It has been over 6 years since I last got sick so this experience has helped me to be more grateful for my health.
Horaayy..there are 5 comment(s) for me so far ;)
Sorry you are all sick
Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks Kara, all of us are feeling better except Rebekah. Well and I still can’t talk.
That’s terrible! I hope you get better soon. It is so hard when little babies get sick.
Hi Honey, I hope you guys are feeling better. Being sick is no fun at all.
Oh man, that’s the pits! Hope you’re all feeling better soon. (((hugs))) to you and your family.