Wednesday April 15~Lily's first ER visit. The day started out normal enough. While I was getting ready for work I heard some whining coming from Lily's room. It was about 6:45 am. Do I go in? Do I go to work? Pete can get her back to sleep. I go to work. All the while, my mommy gut is telling me something is not quite right. Lily hadn't had a "movement" in the nether regions for about 2 days. Pretty rare for her. Daddy calls me at work around 10:45am. Something is wrong. Lily has been crying all day. Nothing is working. She won't eat or drink. The poor kid needs to go to the bathroom. I get home as soon as I can. Not sure what that will do, but we are always able to come up with a plan when we are together. Lily is warm, naked and warm. She is sleeping??? This baby doesn't EVER sleep!! Unless its dark and she is sure all the parties are over. Strange.
I had to go to my Dr. for a procedure that I had been having tremendous amounts of anxiety about for a few months. I couldn't postpone this any longer. I had to take Lily to Auntie Grandma Myrna for the afternoon. We run to Walgreens. I pump her full of prunes, prune juice (she is not a fan!) and a few baby laxative drops. This should work. I let Myrna know what may happen, hoping that it won't until I get back. It did of course! I get to Myrna's after my appointment and Lily is all smiles, still somewhat lethargic, but smiling for the first time all day. We are all triumphant, "Lily Mae has returned!!" Then she gets her gigi and her brown bear and falls asleep right in the middle of Myrna's living room while we are chatting. This is not right.
We go home, she falls asleep in my lap. She is HOT now. Daddy gets home. Lily throws up. We do what we can to keep her hydrated. She throws up again. I try water. She seems to NEED it desperataly. She throws up AGAIN. She is on fire. We can't get a temperature read. One quick call to Nanny to see if she has any miracle cures and she tells us what we have known for a few hours. We need to get her to the Dr. ASAP!!!
We do, she is admitted. Her fever is 104.4 degrees. We did all we could to keep her calm as she is being poked and prodded. They give her an anti-nausea pill that disolves in her mouth, tylenol and motrin~ She falls asleep. Poor baby is exhausted. Her fever breaks around 1:00am. We get home and pass out. This day sucked for everyone!!!
*My procedure went well. Not as painful as I had anticipated. Had to have some pre-cancerous cells removed. This should bode well for the future. We will see!\
*I learned that Guy Fieri from Food Network was in Boise last month. Watch Diners. Drive-Ins, and Dives on May 11 to see Westside Drive Inn~ My favorite Burger place in Boise!!
* Lily woke this morning cool as a cucumber and chatty. Thank God!! She is very sleepy from this fiasco, but she is well and that is the greatest blessing of all!!
*A HUGE Thank you to Dick and Myrna for watching Lily while she was feeling yucky. We couldn't have made it through the day without you both!!!
