Yesterday morning I took Emma to her dr. He said it was a classic rotovirus (?). She went to bed Sunday night at 6:30 and was up for the day at 4am on Monday morning (yuck). She threw up twice after trying to guzzle some drink down, but then started to refuse to drink anything. The dr said she needed at least 1 1/2 oz of fluid every hour and 3 wet diapers a day or she’d be headed to the hospital. After getting home, we got about an ounce down her threw a medicine dropper thing. She took a nap and after waking up, my in-laws had come down. They fought with us all evening to get the fluid down her. She would gag, twist, tighten her lips, anything so we wouldn’t give her something to drink. We tried sippy cups, bottles, syringe, jello, tea, Pedialyte, water, you know, on and on. We barely got down what we needed until she fell asleep for the night at 7:00. The good news is she had a wet diaper before she went down. She woke up at about 2:30 last night and drank some Pedialyte out of a sippy cup. Then, at about 6:30, she willingly drank some more. She acted very thirsty so I’m hoping today she is starting to get her appetite back. She hasn’t thrown up since about lunchtime yesterday, so maybe we’re on the upswing. Thank goodness!
We’ve had rotavirus before and it’s just awful. J and M were about 3 and 18 months at the time. Lasted a full 2 weeks with us. Just don’t giver her any milk whatsoever. Even if you think she’s better. That’s why ours lasted so long because I would think they were ok and it would all come back. What a nightmare. I hope she gets over it soon. Poor punkin!