Well..that was fun...
Wow...Kailyn's stomach virus surely turned into an ordeal, as she became so dehydrated the doctor decided Thursday to admit her to Decatur General so they could give her an IV. Wow. Well, to make the LONG part of this story short, I'll just say that we wound up staying 2 nights, lost a lot of sleep, and now that we're home, only Kailyn has fully recovered (since Stacey and I are both so tired from the lack of sleep we had due to frequently nurse visits, Kailyn crying in the middle of the night, and the incredible amount of noise in a hospital even in the overnight hours...
Let me say thanks to Dave, Dana, J-mo, Kyle, and Jeff for coming by to see her. Those moments were some of the few moments she seemed happy during the ordeal. And I'm very thankful - most of all- that this all was just a minor thing and that my daughter is back to normal. She was so pitiful, she didn't even cry when they stuck her with various needles her first day there. We knew she was getting better when she DID start crying again.
Anyway, here's some things about the experience worth sharing/ranting about:
- Why do nurses never close the door behind them? I always had to get up and close it.
- The sticky spot on the floor in the corner was obviously a urine spot. But it wasn't Kailyn's, mine, or Stacey's. Ewww...
- The suites are much bigger than the regular rooms. Glad it was all they had available, so that made the whole ordeal a bit easier.
- Windows Solitaire is incredibly addictive all over again.
- I never knew just how much blood there would be when a kid accidentally pulls out her IV. (yuck).
- No matter how fast you are, you can never get a towel to a kid who's about to throw up fast enough.
- Finding your way around Decatur General can be a lot like finding your way out of East Berlin in 1960.
- I can now quote Shrek 1 and Shrek 2 from beginning to end.
- Not being able to find a good vein to draw blood from a 2 year old is never a good thing (Kailyn = pincushion)
- The only thing worse than having a sick kid in the hospital is having a well kid in the hospital...oh...my...she was so freakin' bored and restless last night...
- The Decatur Daily is not as good as having an internet connection (how's that for an understatement).
KEY PHRASES: "I want to go home." (not, in fact, uttered by Kailyn) "This is not how I wanted to spend my time off." (yes, it was supposed to be a holiday for Stacey...d'oh)
Let me say thanks to Dave, Dana, J-mo, Kyle, and Jeff for coming by to see her. Those moments were some of the few moments she seemed happy during the ordeal. And I'm very thankful - most of all- that this all was just a minor thing and that my daughter is back to normal. She was so pitiful, she didn't even cry when they stuck her with various needles her first day there. We knew she was getting better when she DID start crying again.
Anyway, here's some things about the experience worth sharing/ranting about:
- Why do nurses never close the door behind them? I always had to get up and close it.
- The sticky spot on the floor in the corner was obviously a urine spot. But it wasn't Kailyn's, mine, or Stacey's. Ewww...
- The suites are much bigger than the regular rooms. Glad it was all they had available, so that made the whole ordeal a bit easier.
- Windows Solitaire is incredibly addictive all over again.
- I never knew just how much blood there would be when a kid accidentally pulls out her IV. (yuck).
- No matter how fast you are, you can never get a towel to a kid who's about to throw up fast enough.
- Finding your way around Decatur General can be a lot like finding your way out of East Berlin in 1960.
- I can now quote Shrek 1 and Shrek 2 from beginning to end.
- Not being able to find a good vein to draw blood from a 2 year old is never a good thing (Kailyn = pincushion)
- The only thing worse than having a sick kid in the hospital is having a well kid in the hospital...oh...my...she was so freakin' bored and restless last night...
- The Decatur Daily is not as good as having an internet connection (how's that for an understatement).
KEY PHRASES: "I want to go home." (not, in fact, uttered by Kailyn) "This is not how I wanted to spend my time off." (yes, it was supposed to be a holiday for Stacey...d'oh)
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