Long Night

Last night was Halloween and Kimberly had a lot of fun. We went to the carnival at South Hills (First Baptist of Kenn). Kimberly played the games, bounced in the bouncer, and had more candy than she normally eats. When we got home, she grabbed her sippy of milk (which we did not realize until afterwards that it was left out while we were gone. Bedtime was late, around 9ish, due to the events of the evening.

Just before midnight, Kimberly started crying. I went in and she was wet (I thought from her tears) so I wiped her eyes, gave her binkie to her, and laid her back down. I went back downstairs and told Dustin that I was not sure as I did not turn on any lights, but I thought she may have thrown up. But she did not tell me that she had so I went downstairs… I know, I was tired and felt bad afterwards… About 15 minutes later, she started crying again. This time I turned on the lights. She had thrown up…twice.

Dustin came up to help me out. We cleared the bedding, started a load of laundry, gave her a bath, got her new jammies, and within 15-20 minutes, she threw up again. We decided that
we would put her in with us because we could keep a pan nearby and the crib would be more of a hassle. And like clockwork, every 15-20 minutes she continued to throw up… for 4 more hours. Around 2 am, I tried to get a hold of the doctors but was not able to reach one. About 4 am I was able to reach the on-call doctor.

She did not throw up again after 4 am (praise the Lord!) but my doctor called at 5 am and at 7:30 am I had to cancel daytime plans…then Caleb woke up at 8:30 am.

WOW, I am ready for sleep. I am happy to say that the Lord has helped us through this. Kimberly was able to finally drink some water and keep it down. My DOC had me put her on minimal intake and the BRAT diet (Bananas – Rice – Applesauce – Toast) so when she was able to keep the water down for about an hour or so and she’d had a nap, she graduated to some applesauce and toast.

Our prayers are that she continues on her path and tonight will not be as long…Dustin is not feeling very well however, so I hope that we do not have round 2 with him…

Take care,
Jamie