We spent Sunday night in the emergency room with Ju.
I was pretty shaken up (as you can see in the photo--not sure why Dan took this picture, actually).
He started throwing up around nine at night, and after barfing six times in an hour, he was really listless.
When we got to the ER, he was so dehydrated that he needed almost a liter of IV fluids.
It's scary whenever a kid is that sick, but it's especially scary in a foreign country.
Coincidentally, the attending physician is a neighbor who lives in our condominium, whom we'd heard about but hadn't met yet.
She was friendly, and offered to see us in her (already over-full) practice, and also gave us a recommendation for a doc who's closer to where we live.
(Yes, we still don't have a pediatrician. We've tried numerous times with various recommendations from friends, and it appears that you should not plan for your kids to get sick between the week before Christmas and the week after Carnaval, because all the doctors leave Salvador on vacation for two months or so.)
In any case, the tests revealed that it was either a virus or bacteria (gee, thanks), and they finally released us at 4:30 in the morning.
Ju let us sleep in until six.
But at least he's feeling much more like himself now.
5 comments:
Ellie, your face in the photo says it all. So glad Ju's ok now. Thanks for posting the 'after' picture of your boy, with his big grin. Get some rest.
I second Whitney's comment on the photo. Harrowing. I'm so glad Ju is okay. What a difficult experience for you all. Big hugs.
My heart goes out to you guys - it's the most horrible thing. So glad to see his smiling face. Enjoy your visit!
Thanks so much for your thoughts, Whitney, Erin, and Christine.
It's a good picture. It shows your concern and love for your children and family. You should thank him.
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