Isaac has been suffering with flu like symptoms for almost a week. After a trip to our regular dr. earlier in the week and phone call to the Gastro Specialists it was confirmed he should go to the ER, that this might not be the flu. The poor guy has been so sick, and hasn't been able to keep anything in his system. At the ER he had a stomach x-ray and IV started for fluids. They feared dehydration, and was the reason he was admitted. As you can imagine he was very sad, crying to go home and crying for the IV to come out. Visits from his Nana, Grandma and Grandpa helped a little but time sure did move slow in there. He didn't want to watch his shows or play with his toys much. He just wanted to go home to baby. Isaac was not allowed to leave his room, because they did not know what he had (and we still don't know). This is really hard on him, he wanted to see what was outside that door so badly. He called the hospital the Dr's house, and as you can imagine they ALL LOVED seeing him. One of the residents who cared for him the most told him he was her very favorite patient. He was soooooooo incredibly brave the entire time with very few tears at all. I could not have been more proud of him. I think I shed more tears than he did. He wowed all the nurses and Dr's with his knowledge of trains, trucks and cars and informed them all about the Thomas and the island of sodor as well as the movies Cars 1 and Cars 2. I was very impressed with the staff at this hospital (not impressed with the facility itself, a little run down). Not a single Dr. looked at me and laughed for asking too many questions, they all took time to talk to Isaac and not just to me. They asked Isaac questions about things not related to his tummy, and were engaged when Isaac would talk to them about his trains, cars and trucks. Very nice to see, has been awhile since I have seen such nice Dr's in a hospital setting.
He was able to come home yesterday late afternoon, but we need to continue to push the fluids. He lite up when he was told he could go home. He started running around looking for his coat and shoes. He skipped down the hallway and waved good-bye to all the nurses. All the nurses said they were sad to see him go since he was such a great patient. Isaac did not feel the same way, he went running and did not look back!! Now we are home and waiting to take stool back to the hospital to have it tested for various bacterias to see if he is indeed fighting something other than the flu. Hopefully, this weekend we can get those samples there but I guess that is up to Isaac. He is still not eating a lot...The Dr's said this is to be expected after everything he has gone through. When he wants to eat it is mostly crackers or fruit snacks. He gets whatever he wants, whenever he wants for a while. He lost some weight from all of this of course and he needs some calories so for now whatever he wants. This will be a bad habit to break when he is better but oh well, just another bridge to cross when we get there.
He was so excited to get home and of course Addy missed him sooooooooo much. They both were laughing and fighting with each other all evening. Isaac got some Chuggington train track as a present for being such a brave boy. He has had some trains for a while but no where to drive them around. He was in heaven and Addy was in heaven to have someone back to crawl on and pull hair and be chased by.
I will keep you all posted as more develops. For now we are asking for prayers on the test results we have ahead of us as well as an appetite for Isaac to come back. Thank you all for the prayers,texts, phone calls, etc.
Love, all of us
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| Isaac on his big bed, waiting to talk to the nurse on the "radio" |
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| saying good night to the puppy |
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| owie |
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| all tucked in for the night |
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| In the morning playing with a few cars. he was not allowed to go to the play room. |
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| Doing computer with Daddy |
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| HOME!!! |
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| Addy and Isaac playing with the new train tracks |
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| Addy pulling his hair as a welcome home present |
