Proud Mama

Yesterday I got a call at work that Katherine was throwing up yet again at school. I rushed out of work to get her. Well this time she didn't just bounce back after a couple of hours. She was sick all night. I went to work today and around 9:45 Danny called me to tell me he never sent Katherine to school because she was still throwing up. I said okay... call the doctor and see if we can get her in because she'll dehydrate. Sure enough after going into the doctor he sent us over to the hospital for rush blood work. They took her CO2 level which they wanted between 17 and 23, she was at 17. So tada!!!! An IV was on the menu. So my brave little girl who started crying at the thought of a blood draw did not cry once when the drew the blood or when they put the IV in... they even had to fish a little for the vein. She was so good! I couldn't be more proud of my little trooper. She did get to watch Barbie and the Nutcracker and Shark Tales all on her very own privately wheeled in DVD player they had in the room. By the time we left she had downed a can of Gatorade and sucked up her IV. Thanks to some anti nausea meds she kept everything down for now. Now we wait to see if her stomach has settled and she can eat real food. She's already requesting a chocolate shake and what else... McDonald's! I just wish I had my camera to document the event. The pediatric area was sooo nice in the hospital. They had all kinds of cool things they even had aquatic scenes over the fluorescent light fixtures in the ceiling. And the weirdest of weird happened. The lady who admitted us to the hospital was the sister of Katherine's favorite daycare teacher Miss Robin, small world. Anyway... I'm so proud and so happy we are home now. Nothing is ever dull around here.