Kaitlyn Update

As most of you know Kaitlyn has been pretty sick! Kaitlyn and Colin were exposed to Rotavirus on Tuesday. So far, knock on wood, Colin has been ok. Lets hope he stays healthy as I dont think we could handle it if he got sick too! Thursday night around 10:45pm Kaitlyn started vomiting. So bad that by the morning she had thrown up 20 times and couldn't keep even the smallest amounts of water down. We were told to take her in to Highland Park Hospital Friday morning. She was even getting sick in the car on the way there. It was SO sad! We got there and she stopped vomiting. They were on the fence about giving iv fluids(which I wish they did and I should have pushed for) and gave her some Zofran for the nausea and a popsicle which she kept down. After a few hours observation and no more vomiting they sent us home. Well, I had a bad feeling about going home and sure enough we ended up right back in the ER a few hours later. She spiked a fever and Cam and I did not like how she was acting. Our pediatrician apologized and said that he was upset at how the ER handled things earlier and we needed to go back for IV fluids. Mind you its a 1 hour drive to the hospital. So we packed up AGAIN and headed to the ER. It broke our hearts to see her so sick. Kaitlyn's bubbly personality and adorable smile was not there so we knew she was pretty sick! Kaitlyn had her iv put it, she was a trooper, and they drew some blood. Her stools tested positive for rotavirus which was no surprise to us. They sent us home late that night. Yesterday she woke up with a little fever and was still the same. She perked up a little last night but then the diarrhea started to get really bad. Today she is refusing to drink fluids and eat. Only has had a few spoons of applesauce and some sips of water. Don't know what this means as we don't want her to end up back in the ER. She is napping now so hopefully when she wakes up we will have more success to get some fluids in her. We are desperate to get them in but her strong will is preventing us from doing it. Cam and I are completely exhausted but our number one priority is getting her better!! The 2nd time we were in the ER yesterday we had a wonderful doctor!! He made Kaitlyn 2 funny balloons out of gloves:)
Auntie Kelly came by and brought Kaitlyn flowers yesterday. Kaitlyn wanted to sleep with them next to her. They are now in her bedroom. Thanks Auntie Kelly and Grandma Young for coming to the rescue these last few days with watching Colin!! Colin has been so good and helpful with Kaitlyn. You can tell he is worried about her too! Its so sweet!