She's Back

Just to update everyone...

Mikaela is home.  Her stay in the ER wasn't too long.  Tough on her and Daddy though!  They took a few x-rays of her belly and determined that there wasn't any bells present (Thank you, God!).  Along with the scans, the docs thought her temperment also supported the diagnosis of NO BLOCKAGE!  Whoo Hoo!

From 5:45 - 7:10 am, she drank and kept down 9 ounces of Pedialyte, then she fell asleep.  Kurt woke her up at 10 a.m. to get her dressed to come home.  She ate a few graham crackers and some more apple juice and headed home.  She looked exhaused when she came through the door, but wanted to play with her sister.  Of course Otto continues to get the most hugs in the entire family from her! 

She went up for a nap at 1 p.m. and I don't really expect to hear from her for several hours! 

On another note, Thursday, her PT came out for our monthly visit and Mikaela is discharged from Physical Therapy!  Her therapist is confident that she is quickly closing the gap to 'age appropriate' activities for a 26 month old!  I am so happy for her! 

Not Happy

So all was well today (1/9), it is my mom's birthday, we picked out the granite slab for our kitchen, had a good lunch, and put Mikaela up for her nap.  Juliana had a friend over for a playdate, the Christmas lights came down and we were working on the tree.  But Mikaela wasn't falling asleep for her nap.  Not all that unusual.  So I went up, gave her the bink.  A half hour later or so, did it again and changed her diaper.  I was planning to bring her down, but she was rubbing her eyes and seemed sleepy.  So although it was 4:30, I decided to put her back in bed to see if she would sleep a bit.

Ten minutes later, she was calling, "MOM!!!"   "MOM!!!"  (Again, not unusual.)  Kurt said he would bring her down as I was feeding Rebecca.  He gets upstais and calls down that she had thrown up in her crib. 

Well, to make a long story short....she hasn't stopped and since it is now 2:47 a.m. we are now worried about dehydration.  We talked to the doctor, called our nurse line, and low and behold, Kurt left to take her to CHoP.   There is also a potential bell swallowing situation that may be at play here, but we aren't sure.

This is the first time, I am not there with her for this stuff.   I am filled with dread as I know what is happening.  I am NOT HAPPY.  But I am going to try to go up to bed and sleep.  I'll need to get sleep to stay healthy for the other two.  I'll keep you posted as I hear from him.  Please say prayers if for some reason you are up and not sleeping at this hour!  :-)