Keelyn's Visit to the Hospital

***UPDATE***

We are home tonight. The doctor decided that since the fever has stayed down, and Keelyn is eating and drinking a little, she can finish recovering at home. Thank goodness. I don't know if she or I could endure another night in a cramped pull out chair, quarantined in a hospital room. (We had an infant room, meaning it had a crib (which was actually a cage) rather than a nice twin bed for us to share. No way she was getting in that cage...even for diaper changes...so we slept together in the plastic pull out chair they have for parents to "sleep" in if they choose to stay with their kids. They pumped her with enough fluids for a two week surplus anyway. Seriously, I don't know where it all went. Anyway, she was extremely excited to leave the hospital, and equally excited to walk the floors of her own house this evening...and now she is sleeping peacefully in her own cozy bed. We're all tired. Long day. I can't believe yesterday was only Tuesday, today only Wednesday...seems like decades ago that I slept in my own bed. Thanks for everyone's concern.

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Some readers know Keelyn's been sick, some know I took her to the ER at Wake Med last night, and I have some emails that I can't really reply to individually right now...SO...

Keelyn started diarrhea on Monday. Fever Tuesday. By Tuesday 6pm it had been 12 hours of no wet diaper, continued fever and diarrhea...and she wasn't eating or drinking.

We went to the ER, and at about 11pm, after some blood work, about a liter of fluids and still no wet diapers, she was admitted to the children's unit to remain on IV fluids for the night. Lots of crying, but after tons of poking and prodding (and finally peeing ALL OVER ME WITH NO DIAPER ON at midnight...18 hours since the last wet diaper), we curled up for some sleep.

She had a rough morning, and we are both exhausted, but she perked up a lot at lunch, ate some food, and actually drank about 2oz of water. I was finally getting some giggles out of her, and they unhooked the IV for a bit so she could move around more freely, which made a huge difference in her overall spirits. No diarrhea yet today, so we're keeping our fingers crossed that she'll keep all this fluid in, and have energy and interest for eating and drinking more later this afternoon. She should be fine...the doctor is almost positive it is just a virus that really hit her hard, and the dehydration just made things worse.

I'll post more later...probably spending one more night in the hospital. Please just keep her in your prayers.