The ER Part 2

So, apparently our house is monkey see monkey do.

After Gabe's little trip to the ER on Wed, Anthony decided he needed to go. Last week Anthony had an ear infection. The doctor said they were bulging pretty bad and she was concerned about them rupturing before his body could heal on its own. So, we started an antibiotic (Omnicef for my med friends). It is pretty strong and it literally tore his body up. It destroyed every good bacteria in his body. So, he had a bloody poop on Thurs and Fri. Then the vomiting started on Fri morning. UGH! Off to Urgent Care because getting a same day appt wasn't going to happen.

Urgent Care takes blood (yeah, he really hated that). Result was they sent us to the ER. The ER takes blood and runs the same test...grrr. Angry mommy starting to appear. Poking children unnecessarily is very dumb!!! Guess what, same test, same result.

So, they poke him again for a different test. Couldn't we have done this all the first time? And worse, they stuck him and didn't have everything ready so it took way too long with me having to hold down a screaming child. Bad nurses!

We have now been here for two hours, and they have done nothing to actually move us to the recovery road. They took XRays...to make sure there wasn't anything that he swallowed. Nope.

Poked him again to give him a cath to be able to do the IV...but wouldn't start that for another hour even though he was clearly dehydrated (dry lips, white nails, etc). They told him not to drink. I ignored that...some medical advice is just not smart.

Finally started the IV. Gave him 2 Popsicles (which at 10 cents a piece were probably the best medicine he could get). Told me to take him home. Clear liquids for 12 hours followed by bland food for another 12. This took all together 7 hours. SERIOUSLY!!!! I could have gotten this from my home remedies book.

Lessons learned: No more strong antibiotics for Anthony. We go to the ER first and skip Urgent Care (would have saved me at least 1 needle stick and about 2 hours). Give child Popsicle before going anywhere to see if that fixes the problem.

BTW: he had colitis and a stomach bug because I got the stomach bug on Sunday and it laid me out flat!!!