If I had super powers, I think I would like one of them to be where I can go back in time and re-do it.
That's definitely what I would do and I'd like to start it 9 days ago!
That's when the virus from you know where showed up at the Vann house. It started with Jillian on Friday night, then McKenna Saturday night, then Eden Monday morning, then me Thursday night, then my Mom Friday and my Aunt Saturday. Thankfully Nick & my Dad have not gotten and I hope and pray they don't get it. I'm so ready for this to be DONE!!!
Everyone experienced it differently. Jillian and McKenna both were throwing up and didn't have fever. McKenna's throwing up only lasted several hours, but she's had it the other way for about 6 days now. Eden only had fever for a day and half, but had blisters in her throat for about 3 days (Jillian had blisters too). I had nausea, chills, and fever but mine only lasted 24 hours - which is about what my Mom & Aunt experienced as well (they were around the girls b/c they were helping me - I feel terrible that they got sick too). Mine was like morning sickness with chills, body aches, and fever!! YUCK!
Jillian threw up periodically over 5 days. We took her to the hospital on Sunday because she was throwing up everything we gave her and was showing signs of dehydration. Her pediatrician advised us to take her to get her re-hydrated. We were there about 6 hours. She received 2 bags of IV fluids, anti-nausea meds, and some meds to help with her low blood sugar. She perked up pretty quickly and was acting hungry. We fed her some bland foods and pedialyte and we were able to take her home. She did great Monday & Tuesday and was finally acting more herself . Tuesday night she threw-up again, but we thought maybe it was because she had eaten too much that afternoon. She slept good that night, but the next day she kept throwing up everything. I took her to her pediatrician and he gave us prescription for Zofran and told us she was dehydrated and to take her on to the hospital for more IV fluids.
The doctor at the ER thought her vital signs looked pretty good and she wanted to try the Zofran first to see if we could get her to eat and drink before we tried the IV again. Thankfully, that plus a mixture of Maalox and Benadryl for the blisters in her throat helped her be able to eat and drink w/out having to do the IV.
Thankfully, we are all doing much better today and I am looking forward to a more normal week.
I wish I had cute pictures of the girls on the 4th of July, but unfortunately I don't.....because we were cleaning up pukey all day. :(
I would be happy never to have that virus in my house EVER again!!!!!!
If your wondering, my doctor called it the Adenovirus. He first thought it was Coxsakie (which I think is the Hand, Foot, Mouth disease), but since the blisters were only at the back of Eden and Jillian's throat and the fact that everyone experienced it differently, he thought it was probably the other virus.
I also need to say a very special THANK YOU to my wonderful and amazing family. My parents came to our rescue several times this week and my Aunt came twice to help me when Nick was at work. It would have been sooooo much more difficult without them here and I'm blessed to have such an incredible family.
