Some of her bruises from the pokes.
Kaili and Kayleigh at the park, don't they look cute?
We've been busy this week and so this post is late in getting written, but here it is. Last Saturday Kayleigh woke up at 6:30 a.m. throwing up. We cleaned it up and didn't think too much of it because she was acting completely normal. As I was getting ready for work she finally went back to sleep. When she woke up Michael gave her some Power Aid and a cracker because she was starving and asking for milk (we didn't give her milk though). While I was at work I think she threw up 2 more times, probably because the food she ate.
By this point I was so bummed because we had planned for my cousin, her husband and 2 kids to come up for the day. The guys were going to go golfing and the girls/kids were going to go to Old Navy and to the park. Anyway, Michael called them and told them what was going on. They were still fine to come since Kayleigh was still acting fine and didn't have a fever or anything.
When I got home from work the guys headed out and we waited for Kayleigh to wake up. I ended up getting her up so we could be on our way. She seemed really tired and clingy, I felt so bad for her. At Old Navy she kind of dry heaved a couple of times but there wasn't anything for her to throw up. I just held her and my cousin's daughter pushed my cart for me and was my little helper. I got some great clearance and sale stuff-seven items for 36 bucks! The funny thing about Kayleigh is that after she dry-heaved she said "I want to go to the park." We were just laughing at her!
So we headed to the park and Kayleigh had a burst of energy. (Now all the moms reading this are probably freaking out that I took my sick kid to the park to spread the germs, but really, I figured it was just something she ate since she didn't have any other symptoms.) Kayleigh had a lot of fun going down the slides and feeding the ducks and seagulls. Once Kayleigh saw the bread/crackers we were feeding the animals she wanted some since she was starving. I let her have a half a piece of bread and some fishies, along with some Power Aid I took with us.
On the way home my cousin, BreeAnn, had a great idea to get some ice cream. We went to the drive thru at Arctic Circle. I think we were in that drive thru for an eternity! Poor Kayleigh threw up right in the car all over herself and her car seat. Thankfully I had brought a bag and was able to catch some of it. At this point I felt so bad for Kayleigh and for my cousin, since we were in her car! Now, just to give you an idea how long we were in that drive thru, Kayleigh threw up, I cleaned it up with wet wipes, went in to Arctic Circle to throw the bag away, came back to the car and then we finally got our shakes.
We got home, I more thoroughly cleaned every thing up and got Kayleigh down for a nap. Oh yeah, before Kayleigh went down she was standing in the door way of the garage door and the door shut on her (accidentally) and the force of the door sent her in a flip down the wood stairs in the garage. By now she was screaming, I was swearing, and oh the poor thing! Thankfully she didn't get cut or bruised or anything from that.
After things calmed down BreeAnn and I went to get Chili's take out while the guys watched t.v. After dinner BreeAnn and family headed out. I still feel bad about the whole thing and we owe them a night to try that all again without so much drama! They were awesome though, thanks guys!
Once they left Kayleigh had thrown up two more times and had gotten a fever. Since she couldn't keep anything down I was worrried about how I would give her Tylenol without it just coming up again. At about 8 that night we decided to take her in to Kids Care. I was worried she was getting dehydrated and then the fever on top of that.
Thankfully Kids care wasn't busy at all and we got right in. The doctor said we had 2 options, we could give her some Zofran (anti-nausea) and give her small amounts of fluid often and see if she could keep that down or start an I.V., get her pumped with fluids and be able to take her home to get some sleep and hope it would pass in the night. I picked the latter option since she hadn't kept small amounts of fluid down the whole day.
And this is where the story gets intersting, are you still reading? Two nurses came in to start the I.V. They gave her some Zofran and began the hour or more long process of poking and prodding her five/six times (I can't remember) and still NOT gettiin an I.V. in. It was horrible, awful, and heart wrenching! I don't know how people watch their kids go thru stuff like that. Poor thing had 4 people laying on her while she's just a screaming, "Mommy, it hurts!!" and "Be nice!!" At one point, Michael, Kayleigh and myself were all crying. Half way thru that mess they gave her a Tylenol suppository to help with her 103 degree temp. (I always wondered how those worked, they are pretty slick!)
The doctor also wanted to make sure Kayleigh didn't have a urinary tract infection or strep. Because of this they needed a urine sample. You might ask how you get a urine sample from a 2 year old who's dehydrated, well, I'll tell ya. They stick a plastic pee bag (that's what I call it) right to your skin between your legs and leave it there till you go. And keep in mind it sticks like a sticker and hurts when coming off like when you take a band aid off. Once again, what a trooper she was! We didn't end up getting a sample that night. We finally did the next day and I took the sample back to the clinic.
Since the I.V. wasn't working we went back to option one of giving her one teaspoon of Pedialyte every 10 minutes and hoped she would keep it down. She did, and after an hour of that (11:20 at night) we were able to take her home. They sent us with more Zofran, suppositories and Pedialyte. She had a strict diet to follow the next couple of days and by Monday she was feeling a lot better.
On Wednesday I called to get the results of her urine test, everything normal, so that is good. She did throw up once on Tuesday and once on Wednesday and I got all worried again. But we talked with a pediatrician we know and she said that when kids throw up a lot there are certain foods (citrus and tomato) that will set their stomachs off and make them throw up. Since we had had pinapple and Spaghetti this made sense and I was okay again.
Now it's Friday and I'm beginning to think life is normal again. Whew! I hope we don't ever have to repeat that again. On Sunday and Monday night Kayleigh had a couple of night mares-probably of a needle trying to go into her arm, hmm, I wonder why? Thanks to everyone who called and thought about us over the week.
On Sunday, Kayleigh and I headed down to St. George. I had never driven there myself and actually had never driven past Provo all by myself. I was kind of nervous about how Kayleigh would do and how the car would do, but we all made it just fine. We didn't even stop! I was very impressed with myself and Kayleigh. She did great! She looked at books, drew on her doodle board, watched part of Toy Story, and even slept for an hour and a half on the way down. We made it in just over 4 hours time. We stayed at Michael's sister's house. Kayleigh had a great time playing with her cousins, Tyler and Brooke. She would ask me all the time, "Where's Tyler?" She was his little shadow, it was cute! On Monday we went to a really fun park that had some cool toys. Kayleigh of course loved that. On Tuesday we went to Arby's for lunch and attempted to go shopping. It was a little hard with the kids but we managed to get to 2 stores and I did get some sandals for Kayleigh. My original plan was to come home on Wednesday (today) in the afternoon in time for Bells rehearsal tonight, but on Tuesday Kayleigh woke up with a runny nose and was congested. So at about 4:30 in the afternoon I thought I'd just head home. Kayleigh hadn't slept very good either night while we were there so I thought she'd do better in her own bed. We left at about 5:45, got gas, and we pulled in our driveway at 10:15. I think we did great, once again, with the drive. I feel so bad that we missed Tyler's baseball game and that we had to cut the trip short, but I didn't want the cousins getting sick, hopefully they don't. We'll just have to go again sometime this summer. It was really fun to see how excited Kayleigh was to see her dad after not seeing him for a couple days. She just hugged him over and over and had a huge grin on her face. Always nice to come home after a trip.
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