If you are all eagerly awaiting posts about Max's first Christmas I'm afraid you will have to continue to sit on the edges of your seats as I am awaiting the arrival of the USB cable so I can download (upload? -- I never said I knew anything about computer stuff) all those cute candids of our little Fatburger opening his presents. I'm sorry to disappoint so many of you. Grab a tissue and blow your nose.
Instead, here is an update on poor little sick Maddox. Yes folks, he is still sick. We thought he was getting better, the diarrhea was still there in full force (included were major blow-outs every third diaper change or so. We've done about 24,000 loads of laundry, costing us nearly $3.5 million -- in quarters of course). But last night he was very very fussy and I was rocking him to sleep and he barfed all over me. I've also been pooped on and barfed on two more times since. A sick infant is probably one of the saddest most pathetic things you will ever see. All he does is whimper and whine and cry and he would not even smile today, not even for his brown bunny (his new favorite luvey) and if anyone knows Max they'd know he is the smiliest happiest little guy (when he's been fed and changed of course).
We took him to the doctor finally because we were afraid he was getting very dehydrated since he couldn't keep down formula and refused the Pedialyte. He had hardly any tears or wet diapers and his mouth was looking very dry with cracked lips. The doctor pretty much said the same things we have been hearing -- it's going around, keep trying to give him fluids little sips at a time, no formula until vomiting has stopped, blah blah blah. They did take a stool sample to test for Rotavirus but we won't know about that for a couple days.
Well Maddox would have none of that tonight. He was THIRSTY and extremely HUNGRY. He wailed for almost an hour as we tried to give him little sips of Pedialyte which he tried to gulp eagerly as we had to pull (with force) the nipple out of his mouth. It was so sad. Finally we gave in and gave him a bottle of formula and as soon as he had downed three ounces he was out cold. Poor little guy was just so hungry. Now we have to wait and see if he throws it up.
Tyler goes back to school on Wednesday and I'm dreading being home alone with this poor sick little baby of mine. Please pray hard that he gets better!
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i have spent the last week sick with the flu. It was miserable for me, so i can only imagine how horrible it would have been for mom and baby. Hang in there, it is guaranteed to pass and then hopefully he has been sick his allotted week out of the season and it is all smiles from there!
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