Last Monday Savannah started feeling a little sick. She threw up and had some diarhea, so I immediately took her to the university health center. The nurse took her temperature and it was normal, therefore she figured Savannah was fine and healthy. The next day I took her to see the doctor again and she prescribed some medicine for her congestion. We go back on Thursday because Savannah isn't improving and the doctor says that she's got gastroenteritis, and that she didn't prescribe anything for it on Tuesday because we didn't say anything about diarrhea and vomiting, which wasn't true! She checked her notes and did find that we had mentioned it. At this point Savannah is dehydrated so they put in an IV. Savannah pulled it out so we started giving her 1 oz of water every 15 minutes, she cries everytime because she just wants to sleep. After 2 hours she finally has a wet diaper, and we can finally go home. At home we keep up the routine, but Savannah starts throwing up again. At 2 am we decide that she is not getting enough fluids so we call the EMS and take her back to the health center so she can have an IV put back in. Then they send us to the hospital in Roseau, which is an hour way from where we live, because they have the last pediatric IV fluid bag left on the island (they gave her other mixes of fluids before, but this one had glucose in it, which she really needed). After they started her on the pediatric IV fluid we saw big improvement in Savannah. She was a little more alert and seemed to have a little more energy. Anyway, we stayed at the hospital for a day and an half until Savannah looked and behaved more like herself. We were so happy that we could finally come back home with a healthier baby. It was really scary having her so sick, especially because the medical care here is not adequate and is so primitive. What made things even more stressful was that Ben had to prepare for his 2nd test, I think he missed like 3 days of school and studying. Today he took his test, and it seems like he did okay, now my poor honey is finally resting after a very intense week.
Our little one is not 100 % yet, but she is getting there. She's lost a lot of weight, and now we are working on getting her little folds back.
Here is a pic of our poor baby at the hospital.
The next pics I took two days before our baby got sick, we think she looks so adorable :)
Emphasis on the sexy.
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6 comments:
Oh my goodness what a BEAUTIFUL little girl. I hope she gets feeling better. There's nothing worse than a sick kiddo - poor thing. Way to go trooper mommy and daddy! You stayed much calmer than I probably would have. Whew.
pobrecita. que triste. si, quizas es mejor mudarse a las bajamas.
Hello! I just found your blog off another Ross Spouse's, and I can't stop looking at it:) You take beautiful photos, and each post makes me more and more excited to move there. My husband, 2yr. old daughter and I will be moving in August so my husband can go to Ross. I've been trying to contact some people on the island for help, advice ect... I think you are LDS? We are too, it's nice to know there is an LDS community down there. If you don't mind, and have a little time I'd love to pick your brain! I'm mainly wondering how the church/branch is, and about your living arrangments. Also any tips relating to kids would be great! YOur place looks nice and I'd love to know where it is and how much things cost down there. My email is chelseahorsley@yahoo.com, or you can leave a comment on my blog.
A Connor le paso algo similar cuando volvimos de Ecuador la primera vez que fue, es horrible tenerlos enfermitos. Besos para la Savanita, ella siempre se ve bonita :) Hasta rimé jajaj.
I'm so glad Savannah is feeling better! It's amazing how they look so sweet and cute even when they are sick :)
I'm glad she's feeling better - that is frightening when you don't know what to do to help... Your pictures are amazing. Give Ben and Savannah a hug for us.
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