Long Week

We were gratefully sprung from the hospital early Tuesday morning. This doctor was really on top of things. Also, it seems that they are changing some things at the hospital, and those seem to be positive changes. It has been so interesting over the past 18 months seeing all of the changes in the hospital. We have been in 4 different holding areas, 3 different waiting rooms, and 3 different recovery rooms. In the next 6-9 months, the pediatric holding area will be complete, and we will get to stop having to relearn the route from one place to another. But, the changes were necessary, and they have been a BIG improvement over what they were before. I just never thought that I would be around to see so many changes in a hospital.

On Wednesday, I piled KP up in the van to make the hour trek to Ft. Worth around 6:30am. We made good time and got to the doctor's office around 7:30...where I then found out that our appointment had been cancelled and our doctor was in Dallas doing clinic. Huh? Yep, someone cancelled our appointment, and no one bothered to call, so we made a nice long drive out to Ft. Worth to hang out for 15 minutes while they straightened it all out and then drive back home. Whoo. So, our appointment is next Wednesday at the same time. I sure am looking forward to making that drive again.

Once we got home, I went to go change KPs diaper, and there was poop on his shoe. It looks like the antibiotic they had him on was causing a major case of the runs. KP ended up having 3 baths and going through 4 pairs of pants that day.

By Thursday, his status had not improved. So, we changed his appointment on Friday to a sick appointment. He woke up Friday morning throwing up and was unable to keep even the tiniest bit of pedialyte down. Dylan had to pull over and change his clothes on his way to the doctor because he threw up on himself on the way there.

His pediatrician called his ENT and we stopped the antibiotic that he was taking with instructions to let him drink no more than 2 oz at 30 min intervals. We could increase the amount once he started keeping some down. That worked beautifully, and KP is now on the mend.

We are hoping that he will feel better by Tuesday so that he can finally start with his new nanny! As always, I have some reservations, but I feel better about this one than his last "care" giver. Of course, we still miss Laura, but hopefully this new arrangement will work out. The best part is that if this one does work out, then we can enroll KP in preschool in the fall and not have to worry about who will pick him up in the middle of the day. Yay. :)

I will try to get some pictures and videos posted soon.
Thanks for checking in.
xoxo
Margot