Kenalie's Overnight Hospital Stay

I had every intention of posting about Miss KB's Birthday party and then last weekend happened! Friday started out some what normal and I say some what normal because Kena girl fell back asleep after she woke up which doesn't usually happen. We had bible study the night before so I just chalked it up to no enough sleep last night. Poor girl passed out on Daddy's gear bag in our room.

I got up with Kyns and got her some breakfast then started on the dishes. I was hoping to get the house picked up before J got off work. It was predicted to be as easy day and he was expecting to get off early. I hear some coughing and look up from the sink to see Kena choking on green slime! I rush over and start wiping her mouth and telling Kynslie to get sissy's drink. At about that time poor Kena starts screaming, I pretty sure she was just freaked out and not hurt but with nonverbal babies you can never be positive. I get her to take a sip and strip her pjs off. At this point I wasn't sure what the green stuff was cause it didn't smell like throw up but we didn't have anything green that she could have gotten into. It was until an hour or so later that i found the puke pile that I knew for sure she had gotten sick. After i got her cleaned up and changed her diaper she had a bit of a freak out moment. I call it that cause we still don't really know what it was or why she was doing it. But she proceeded to scream and wiggle around. She wouldn't let me hold her and just kind of became a puddle on the floor. At this point I called J telling him she was acting very strange and I was a little worried. He said call the Doctor and get her an appointment. So I called the Doctor and explained what was going on and they wanted to see her with in the hour. That of course freaked me out cause normally they just squeeze us in at some point in the day. I then called J back and said you need to get home asap they want to see her as soon as we can get there, which again freaked him out as well. All the while Kena is still screaming her poor little head off. It took about 15 minutes for all of that to happen and then she started to calm down. She climbed into my lap and started to fall asleep. Which was so not her normal. So back on the phone I got with the Doctor just to make sure it was okay to let her sleep.

After getting the okay to let her sleep, I started to get Kynslie and myself ready to go. Halfway through that Miss KB woke her sister up {Big Sisters gotta love them!} and we she noticed me eating she wanted some. I was a little nervous but she was hungry so I gave her some cereal thinking that was the lightest meal I could give her at the time. Daddy got home and we loaded up and headed out {At this point we only had the one vehicle, more on that in a different post :) } On the way to the Doctor Kena seemed more like herself and I started to second guess myself a little thinking maybe I had over reacted{Mom guilt at its finest} Then she started acting very weird! She started spacing out and making strange eye movements. She appeared dazed and sleepy almost as if she was drugged and fighting to stay awake. So of course we both begin to panic a little. She falls asleep just as we get to the office but wakes up as I pull her out. We get back to see the Doctor an explain to him whats going on and he takes a look at her and says he'd feel better if we took her to the Children's Hospital just to be safe. Back in the car we get and head straight to Cardons, However five minutes from the Hospital and Kena's small breakfast decides to make a reappearance. I pretty happy to note that I climbed in the back seat and cleaned most of it up with out throwing up as well. Which if you know anything about this third pregnancy you'd know thats pretty impressive considering I still gag at random food smells!

We get her into triage and talk to the Doctor and the nurses and lots of possibilities are thrown around but until they get some test results they just don't know exactly whats going on. So we start the long process of getting the test done. Ultrasound, x-rays, blood work and a urine sample. All those sound pretty simple and not to bad except when they have to be preformed on a tiny 17 month old. There is nothing worse then holding you screaming baby down so they can get these test done. The worst of all had to be the IV. It took 3 nurses plus me, three attempts and one blown vain. Needless to say it was awful and from that point on anytime anyone in scrubs walked into the room Kena would freak out clime in my lap and hold my neck in a death grip :( So heart breaking! All of that to find out everything looked good other then her being very dehydrated. So We were admitted for the night so they could pump her full of fluid. So I stayed with Kena While Daddy went home to Kyns, who had been picked up by Papa shortly after we got to the hospital. Kena had a light dinner of fruit and graham crackers and passed out around 9. She slept most of the night and woke up her normal smily and wild self! We were sent home later that morning with instructions to keep pushing fluids and told she probably just had a small virus.

We got home and did just that pushed fluids and relaxed. However later that night poor Miss KB threw up! At that point we knew it was a tummy bug that Kena had caught and now big sister was gonna battle it! I'm happy to report we didn't need to head to the Hospital for Kyns and as of today they are both doing great! Unfortunately the same can't be said for my sweet niece. She was admitted to Cardons late Monday night, with a very high fever and dehydration. They are hopping to go home today as her fever has finally broke and stayed away. Prayers they will be home tonight and thank you for all those who were praying with us. They were definitely felt and we are so grateful to have healthy babies again!