Jack had been doing so well. He had been doing well. He is not doing as well now.
It all started Saturday night. Jack was having a great day. He was having a great night. Then, around 11pm, he started to vomit about every 20 minutes. This continued for 14 hours. We tried turning off his formula, checked his temperature, offered him cuddles, tried some Pedialyte once the bile stopped coming out. Yes, true bile.
I ended up taking Jack into the local ER. Luckily, I had talked with the pediatrician-on-call from Jack's pediatrician's office. She called the ER ahead of time and filled them in on what was going on. We were taken directly back to a room (Oh... me, grandma Barb, and of course Jackson). Jack had blood drawn, which of course was a difficult task (suck a difficult and unfair task). He was poked 4 times for an IV. Three of those veins were blown. We were supposed to get an abdominal x-ray, but the Doctor who took are of us spoke with GI at St. Louis Children's and they wanted Jack with them.
This led to Jack and my first ambulance ride. Not as exciting as one would think, but they did drive very fast! We made it to Children's in what seemed like good time. I had fun watching all of the truck drivers through the back window. They were all talking on cell phones, ear pieces, and one guy was singing up a storm! Jack was on my lap and I was sitting on the bed. He pretty much slept the entire ride, only fussing here and there.
We made it to the ER and Jack was taken directly to a room. The Director of Emergency Medicine was helping take care of Jack. Slightly impressive with that, but also slightly concerned. Was Jack a worrisome case? Why such attention? He was given new lines for his IV, taken back for an immediate abdominal xray, his blood sugar was tested, and his urine was taken by cath. My mother and father-in-law were wonderful and drove down their car and my van with a suitcase. They met me in the ER. We all ate some hospital food for dinner. Thanks for bringing the van guys! And especially for the suitcase! They hung out for a short while and then headed home. Jack was transferred to a room within what seemed like a short amount of time.
We're in our own room, possibly because Jack was not very happy when we were placed with a neighbor. He even woke up the little boy and the boy was like, "will he stop crying soon?". Within 5 minutes on entering that room Jack was quickly moved to his own. We have a nice big space with a comfy sofa bench that I hang out and sleep on. His night went pretty well. He fussed when a nurse came in for vitals or when he rolled. This, of course, woke me up, but I feel rested.
This morning has been very eventful. I met the GI resident and GI attending. Very nice and informative. Jack has already had labs draw, a chest xray, and an upper GI. We're looking at pneumonia (negative), UTI (negative), sign of infection (negative), dehydration (very but given lots of fluids and some bolus through IV), intestinal blockage (waiting for results), possible parasite, possible kidney issue (will be tested if everything else comes back negative).
I'll be sure, at least to try, to keep everyone informed of the results.
1 comment:
Avery had similar issues a few years ago (massive vomitting, abdominal pain, etc). His stomach was bloated with a lot of air and gas. Eventually they found that he had a lot of blockage in his intestines. We tried various laxatives, but eventually they had to perform de-impactment surgery to clean every thing out. Not sure if that's going on with Jackson, but his symptoms sound very similar. Hope they get to the bottom of it soon, I know living in and out of the hospital is hard on a family.
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