sick...

Our Memorial weekend started out beautifully...Up north at our family cabin on the lake...(beautiful and relaxing)...

Sat morning began with a sunny, 83 degree day...the whole family, including 4 dogs (our new baby doggie Harlow included!) played in the sand, went boating, swimming, sipping boat drinks, eating great food and basically just LOVING life...

Sunday morning things went downhill...my sweet little boy woke up with an upset tummy and NO energy...he fell asleep sitting up at the table not even 5 minutes after waking up, so I layed him on the couch and he proceed to throw up each and every sip of water I gave him for the next 8 hours.  We decided to take the 3 hour trek home, just to be close to a hospital if needed.  E threw up the whole car ride and well into the rest of the evening...we called the pediatrician at 9:00 to get some advice and she told us to try again and if he couldn't keep anything down still to take him to the ER. 

We got in the car at 12:30 am Sunday evening, arrived at the ER and they said that our sweet little boy was so dehydrated that the veins in his left arm had completely collapsed.  They got an iv going in his right arm (he couldn't even move) and began the drip.  Apparently his electrolytes should normally be between 22 and 24...he was a 12.  SEVERELY dehydrated...

I felt AWFUL...the worst mom in history...but, the very nice ER nurse I chatted with for an hour at 2:00 am got us a room in the ped floor immediately (thank God)...

We got a room and for the next day and a half, little E had an iv drip, continuious observation and blood drawn...He was a trooper and LOVED eating limitless vanilla ice cream!!!!

We are home now and all is back to normal...and now I know that I will NEVER under any circumstances allow my child to throw up for that long again...

what.a.weekend...

{love this little boy to death}