It wasn’t the best ER experience to say the least. The place was packed and we were not life or death, so we kind of got shafted the whole night. We waited and waited and were on a bed in the hall for quite awhile.
We said the same story to 3 or 4 different people, and finally got a (shared) room. They gave her a dose of Zofran, which is an anti-nausea medicine. Funny thing is that is the same medicine I took while I was pregnant with her. About 20 minutes later, we tried to give her a bottle of Pedialyte which she took 3 sips of and hated. But then she nursed and held it down. I finally got her to fall asleep and about an hour later, I finally was able to track someone down to talk to. We met with a doctor who said he was just going to send us home. He basically said she may look bad to me, but they’ve seen much worse. Like I said, not the best experience. Of course, on the way out she had a diaper blow out and I had just run out of wipes. Oh joy.
We finally made it home. The poor thing had 2 awful nights as her tummy tried to get used to having food and medicine in it. But I think that finally, after 2 weeks, she is officially on the mend. Thank you Jesus!
This sickness made me so very thankful that we are, in general, very healthy. We’ve never really had a bug like this make it’s way through our entire house. I literally cancelled something every day this week, from going to Mom2Mom to babysitting kids. Feeling so awful is a very good way to quickly figure out the bare minimum of what needs to be done to just keep everyone alive. We just hunkered down with our Kleenex and Tylenol and took cool baths, watched TV, and played.
Along with simplicity at home this week, I literally had 3 specific opportunities to add things to my plate. They were all things that sounded fun and one was even ministry related. But I’m getting better at hearing that word, NO. So I said no and will just trust that God will put more cool things in my path later when I’m not simplifying.
Monday late afternoon, our visitors arrived from Tennessee!! Becky and her 3 kiddos made the daunting drive by themselves to see us (along with a few other friends). It was so great to see them as we hadn’t even met Emerson yet. Ellie was born on Emerson’s first birthday, so they’re birthday buds. Aww, how cute! Her poor little guy, Liam had started to get sick on their trip so we all just crossed our fingers that the sickness wouldn’t travel to anyone else. Caed impressed William with a new architecture-like game on his iPad. 
Becky decided to cut out early Tuesday morning because Liam still wasn’t feeling great at all. So we headed to the library for our weekly Tuesday Two’s story time. On the way, we ran into BoRics to get Owen’s hair cut. The poor gal butchered his hair. Not sure you can tell in this picture, but it’s uneven everywhere. I mean, I know he was squirmy. . .but it’s bad. Oh well, at least it grows fast.
When Owen was feeling well on Wednesday, we thought we were in the clear! We played outside and got all hot and sweaty and enjoyed some popsicles.
Ellie enjoyed the toy show. She loves watching her big brother.
Thursday morning, Owen was a happy little guy. We went to our last Beth Moore bible study and he did great in childcare.
But then it hit. Like the plague. After dinner, I was getting Ellie to sleep for her pre-bedtime nap and I heard William yell “if you’re free I could use some help.” I came down and saw vomit everywhere. On the couch, floor, and a trail to the bathroom. Owen has NEVER been sick like this. Wow does it break your heart to see them get sick. He had no idea what was going on. He just kept saying “I puke.” Poor little guy. We bathed him and cuddled him while watching a movie. And I made the rookie mistake of giving him a cracker and some water. And then it all came back up. Another bath.
He's been his happy self ever since, just a little tired. But man I sure hope that he stays as healthy as he has been in the past. Watching your little person throw up makes you feel pretty helpless. And yes, it makes me so thankful that this is as bad as it’s been for us. I know many mommies deal with much more serious things with their kids! 
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