Poor baby Causey

So we all know Causey had the stomach bug on Tuesday. Well, Wednesday she still wouldn't drink much, but would eat some crackers and was in a relatively good mood. So Thursday morning she woke up with 101 fever and threw up her entire bottle.

David, my "doctor" husband, said i was just being over dramatic and that she was fine. I took his advice under consideration and proceeded to call the doctor. They of course said to bring her right in. Points for a mothers intuition!

We get to the pediatricians, they take a urine sample (cath-ing a 10 month old is not fun) and blood. She sends us straight to the hospital. Now let me say this, I knew Causey needed to go to the doctor, but i was not prepared to have to check into the hospital.

She told me to go straight there, don't go home, have someone bring you a bag.

Well before i left i took the phone out of our bedroom because David had the stomach bug too and was puking about every 30-45 mins!! So sweet Liz had to go beat on our bedroom window to tell him Causey was being admitted to the hospital!!

We check in, get to our room, get her in a gown and go to the dreaded "Procedure Room" where they proceed to try and start an iv for an hour.

When it was all said and done, she was stuck over 15 times, for 2 1/2 hours, and blew 3 different iv's. They brought in 3 different specialist to try and start this iv!! We aren't talking a quick stick, we are talking about digging around in her hands, feet, wrists and arms for up to 15 mins at a time!! It took 3 of us to hold her down for 2 hours.

It was the most awful experience i have ever had!

Once Katrina the ER nurse, got the iv in, Causey started looking and feeling better!

This is when David shows up, a little pale and sweaty, after having throw up all morning!!

Well, then that iv came out and swelled her arm to 3 times its normal size and they had to start one in the other arm!

She was so sweet sitting in that hospital crib, it just broke my heart! She was released Friday afternoon and is slowly but surely getting better.

I just wanted to thank everyone for the cards, texts, flowers, messages and most of all prayer!!

By Friday morning she was back to acting a little more like herself!

They had to cast her arm so she couldnt get to the iv.

24 hrs of my life

So just the other day I was thinking to myself, "we have been so blessed, Causey has never been sick. We have never gone to the doctor except for shots!"

Yeah well, she woke up yesterday with the stomach bug, which she picked up at the church nursery!

My day went as follows:

7:30 am threw up and diarrhea, we are talking all over me, the chair and all the way into the kitchen

8:15 ate 3 oz of a bottle, threw that up

8:30 and then 8:35 diarrhea

Nap

11:00 diarrhea

12:30 diarrhea

12:35 throw up

1:15 drank some water, threw up

2:30 diarrhea

Started feeding her Pedilight with a dropper every 15mins for 4 hours

3:00 diarrhea

4:00 diarrhea

6:30 drank some water with a hint of formula

????? threw up in her bed and slept in it all night

Soooooooooo, this morning about 6, I heard Causey talking on the monitor. I reach over turn it off and start thinking about getting up. Maizy creeps up to the top of the bed and lays on my pillow. All of the sudden i hear the dreaded noise! She throws up all over the back of my neck and head! I just kinda freeze, thinking surly this didn't just happen!

I start whining at David "Your stupid dog just threw up on me"

David-"What, what are you talking about"

Me-"Wake up, i hate you, turn on the light and help me!!!" (Note, David was on call last night and answered 5 pages from 11:00pm to 5:00, he was really tired!!)

So David turn on the light and starts laughing so hard that it really made me mad!!

We get out of bed and go into the bathroom!

Moms, you know when your baby has poop on their outfit and you have to kinda peel, roll it up their back so you wont get it on them even more, yeah well that was us!

I was trying not to start puking and David was laughing so hard, he wasn't much help!!

So that was my day!! Hope yours was better than mine!!

Austin Powers or Causey Jones??

This was the sweetest Christmas dress my mom had made for Causey!! Dont worry she will still be able to wear it next year!!

Bad Hair Day!!

My sweet, sweet child with really bad bed head!! It looks black in this picture?

"If you will stop saying my name, I will turn around!!"

Hayden and Causey

"What are you getting for Christmas?" "I dont know what are you getting for Christmas?"

"Hello, friend! Have you been a good girl this year??"