Just found out by calling the ER that he did test positive for Rotavirus.
They said they tried to call me. Really?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Will it ever end?
We ended up having to take our boy to the ER last night. He was the sickest he has been thus far with the worst diarrhea he had ever had. I spoke with his nurse all throughout the day, and she told me to do my best to thicken up his diet with solids (BRAT diet) and his soy milk. I thought he was tolerating it all pretty well, until around 4:30 EVERYTHING came back up. This was the first time he had vomited since he had gotten this virus, and it really worried me. By that point, the nurse had to tell me to go to the ER.
Aaron and I showed up around 5. Korben was appearing to be the most "well" child that ever lived...waving Hi and Bye Bye to everyone that walked by, and dancing to stranger's ringtones. He was really making a liar out of us, at first. I told the nurses that when he is sick next time, I'm just going to bring him to the ER waiting room since it seemed to cure him (well, not really!).
They did blood work which ruled out a lot of really bad things, and they only found that he was mildly dehydrated. They gave him a pill for nausea and told us to give him some jello 30 minutes later. He scarfed down the first half of the jello, and then he started crying, pushing it away. Five minutes later, the diarrhea came...and came...and came. I probably changed 6 diapers just while we were at the ER. They tested his stool, and we haven't found out anything from that yet.
We came home, and by then he already had another bad diaper. He also woke two times in the night screaming his head off. He trembled when I tried to change his diaper, so I know this mess is burning him!
He drank some soy milk, and had some banana and crackers this morning. After that he was exhausted, and just fell asleep in my arms. I transferred him to his crib, and he is still asleep now. I'm praying that he can keep his food down today, and that he starts to get better immediately.
This poor little boy has been through so much tummy trouble. He has had 3 stomach viruses in 3 months (the last two within one month), as well as lactose intolerant (probable) issues. His tummy has not been right for a long time. I'm so glad we were able to rule out anything terrible at the ER, because weird thoughts had started to plague me.
I will hopefully be able to update with some good news tonight. Thanks for your prayers!
Aaron and I showed up around 5. Korben was appearing to be the most "well" child that ever lived...waving Hi and Bye Bye to everyone that walked by, and dancing to stranger's ringtones. He was really making a liar out of us, at first. I told the nurses that when he is sick next time, I'm just going to bring him to the ER waiting room since it seemed to cure him (well, not really!).
They did blood work which ruled out a lot of really bad things, and they only found that he was mildly dehydrated. They gave him a pill for nausea and told us to give him some jello 30 minutes later. He scarfed down the first half of the jello, and then he started crying, pushing it away. Five minutes later, the diarrhea came...and came...and came. I probably changed 6 diapers just while we were at the ER. They tested his stool, and we haven't found out anything from that yet.
We came home, and by then he already had another bad diaper. He also woke two times in the night screaming his head off. He trembled when I tried to change his diaper, so I know this mess is burning him!
He drank some soy milk, and had some banana and crackers this morning. After that he was exhausted, and just fell asleep in my arms. I transferred him to his crib, and he is still asleep now. I'm praying that he can keep his food down today, and that he starts to get better immediately.
This poor little boy has been through so much tummy trouble. He has had 3 stomach viruses in 3 months (the last two within one month), as well as lactose intolerant (probable) issues. His tummy has not been right for a long time. I'm so glad we were able to rule out anything terrible at the ER, because weird thoughts had started to plague me.
I will hopefully be able to update with some good news tonight. Thanks for your prayers!
Monday, April 6, 2009
WALKING!!!
By the grace of God, you guys, I caught Korben's first official steps on video this morning! Now, he had taken a couple steps in between Aaron and me, but this was the first time I really felt like he "walked!" I was sitting in the floor of his room, and happened to notice that my camera was in my diaper bag. I pulled it out of the bag, and started to shoot a video of Korben standing at his changing table...all of a sudden he just came to me (because he wanted the camera)! I freaked out, and I'm still on a high! I just didn't think it would happen like that. Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to capture that on video "accidentally."
He is obviously feeling well enough to play and start walking today, but I'm still worried about him. He still has diarrhea and NO appetite. I can only hope this is a virus, and hopefully he is almost over it!
He is obviously feeling well enough to play and start walking today, but I'm still worried about him. He still has diarrhea and NO appetite. I can only hope this is a virus, and hopefully he is almost over it!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
This Time Last Year
Today is the one year anniversary of Korben and me moving to Fort Smith. I didn't include Aaron in that statement because he was already here, "preparing a place for us (I told you he was godly)." He picked us up from my mom's house in Jacksonville on Saturday, April 5th, and we headed to Fort Smith. I can not tell you how shocking it was to see our home. I felt like I was on Extreme Makeover Home Edition! I had seen it back in February when we decided to buy it, but I had not seen it since so many talented people had helped to renovate it. I will forever be grateful for Aaron, Don, Julie, Don Lehman, Cheryl Lehman, and MANY others who helped make our house a beautiful home in such a short amount of time.
It was an incredible blessing to me, at such a stressful adjustment time, to not have to worry about anything regarding our home. All I had to do was "arrive" and I thank you all of the gift of "peace of mind" you all gave me. God works in so many ways to help people through tragedies, and one of the ways he blessed me was through all of you taking care of those things that would have pushed my stress level over the top at that time.
On this Sunday, one year ago, I attended my new church for the first time. As a new mother, having lived in Fort Smith less than 24 hours, I was a little nervous about everything that day. I was especially nervous about leaving him in the nursery for the first time, considering he was just one day shy of 4 weeks old. God blessed me so much through Linda Cain. Even though I heard she'd worked with the babies for 17+ years, she still made me feel like Korben and his individual needs were of utmost importance to her. Her love for Korben quickly made me feel so loved, and she immediately became my "comfort zone" in my new church home. Thank you, Linda for reaching out to me, through loving my baby.
I'd like to introduce you to a new segment of my blog called "Korben: This Time Last Year." These pictures of Korben were taken just a few, short days before I left my mom's house. And as you can see, Geoffrey the Giraffe has been watching over him since the beginning! The bottom two pictures don't possibly look like they were taken on the same day, but they were! He always looked like a completely different baby when he was sleeping than he did when he was awake. Oh, and the tan...his jaundice lingered until he was almost two months old!
April 1st:
It was an incredible blessing to me, at such a stressful adjustment time, to not have to worry about anything regarding our home. All I had to do was "arrive" and I thank you all of the gift of "peace of mind" you all gave me. God works in so many ways to help people through tragedies, and one of the ways he blessed me was through all of you taking care of those things that would have pushed my stress level over the top at that time.
On this Sunday, one year ago, I attended my new church for the first time. As a new mother, having lived in Fort Smith less than 24 hours, I was a little nervous about everything that day. I was especially nervous about leaving him in the nursery for the first time, considering he was just one day shy of 4 weeks old. God blessed me so much through Linda Cain. Even though I heard she'd worked with the babies for 17+ years, she still made me feel like Korben and his individual needs were of utmost importance to her. Her love for Korben quickly made me feel so loved, and she immediately became my "comfort zone" in my new church home. Thank you, Linda for reaching out to me, through loving my baby.
I'd like to introduce you to a new segment of my blog called "Korben: This Time Last Year." These pictures of Korben were taken just a few, short days before I left my mom's house. And as you can see, Geoffrey the Giraffe has been watching over him since the beginning! The bottom two pictures don't possibly look like they were taken on the same day, but they were! He always looked like a completely different baby when he was sleeping than he did when he was awake. Oh, and the tan...his jaundice lingered until he was almost two months old!
April 1st:
Babies are like a box of chocolates...
Babies are definitely like a box of chocolates, because you never know what you are going to get. You put them to bed, they're happy and healthy. They wake up sick and cranky. How does this happen? Especially, how does this happen when they just got over a stomach virus two weeks ago? Shouldn't there at least be a 4 week grace period for moms after a stomach virus? I've got to read the fine print on this.
Korben woke up Saturday with very very bad diarrhea. He had a low fever, so I knew that he had probably caught another virus. I had taken him to Mother's Day Out on Friday, and his nursery workers told me that he'd had two bad diapers. However, he seemed so happy on Friday afternoon that I didn't think anything could possibly be wrong.
Let me tell you how pitiful this baby was yesterday. Immediately after I got him out of his crib, I put him in the bath tub(reasons mentioned above). He normally prefers to stand in the bath tub, but this time he just sat there with his head down. He drank a little bit of pedialyte after that and a few bites of banana and toast. Then he just lethargically laid in my lap and sucked his thumb. He had only been awake for about an hour, but I took his cue and laid him in his bed. He slept for 2.5 hours. He woke up for another hour or so, drank a little bit more, then he slept for over 4 hours. I eventually had to just wake him up because it was past 4 o' clock at this point! He ate some toast and some more banana, and couldn't wait to go to bed at 5:30. And would you believe the poor baby slept until 7:40 this morning?? The sweet little thing was not even awake longer than 3 hours ALL DAY yesterday! Have you ever been that sick? I know I have. I am so grateful he was able to sleep so well yesterday, considering there is nothing I could do to make him feel any better.
I think he is a little bit better today, but he is definitely not over it. I feel so sorry for him. He has had so many tummy troubles in his short little life.
Let me leave you with 3 random facts:
On a happy note, Korben took two steps today! For about a month now, every now and then, he has been letting go of things and taking a step (falling immediately after). Well, today he took TWO successful steps toward his daddy from the coffee table. We were all so thrilled! I know he has had the capability to walk for months now. He has pushed his walker toys around the house for several months. He has just not been quite ready to let go yet. We know he will walk when he is ready, but it seems like it may be getting close!
On a funny note, Korben has discovered the toilet. He is wondering where this thing has been his whole life? No, he is not quite using it, but he would sure love to get in it if he could! I have to keep bathroom doors closed at all time, because if he gets one glimpse of the toilet we are all in trouble. Just last week I was sitting in the floor of his room looking at a big sack of hand-me-down clothes that a friend just gave me (thank you so much, Bekah Coursey!!). I promise you, he was right next to me, opening and closing the door. Well, just a SECOND later, I heard "WOOSH" (the sound of a toilet flushing, in case you didn't know!), I ran into the guest bathroom and Korben was so thrilled that he had figured out how to flush the toilet. He is FAST people, I tell you! What is it with boys and toilet humor?
On an interesting note, I just found out about something I really should have invented myself. http://www.Smartmomjewelry.com This company, Smart Mom Jewelry, makes jewelry for moms specifically that their baby can chew on. I know what you are picturing...something that looks like a farm scene designed by Fisher Price himself. NO...It is actually even cute! To those of you who aren't mothers, you may think, that is disgusting. Why would you even need that? Well, every time I've ever tried to wear jewelry, Korben can't think about anything else other than how badly he wants to teethe on my necklace or bracelet. In moments of desperation (the best example I can think of would be a crowded post office line), you give in, and just let them chew on it. This could be detrimental to your jewelry or hazardous to your baby's health if the jewelry were to break. I can't tell you how many times I have worn specific jewelry that I knew wouldn't break, because I knew Korben would want to chew on it. So yeah, smart mom jewelry! What will they think of (before me) next?
Korben woke up Saturday with very very bad diarrhea. He had a low fever, so I knew that he had probably caught another virus. I had taken him to Mother's Day Out on Friday, and his nursery workers told me that he'd had two bad diapers. However, he seemed so happy on Friday afternoon that I didn't think anything could possibly be wrong.
Let me tell you how pitiful this baby was yesterday. Immediately after I got him out of his crib, I put him in the bath tub(reasons mentioned above). He normally prefers to stand in the bath tub, but this time he just sat there with his head down. He drank a little bit of pedialyte after that and a few bites of banana and toast. Then he just lethargically laid in my lap and sucked his thumb. He had only been awake for about an hour, but I took his cue and laid him in his bed. He slept for 2.5 hours. He woke up for another hour or so, drank a little bit more, then he slept for over 4 hours. I eventually had to just wake him up because it was past 4 o' clock at this point! He ate some toast and some more banana, and couldn't wait to go to bed at 5:30. And would you believe the poor baby slept until 7:40 this morning?? The sweet little thing was not even awake longer than 3 hours ALL DAY yesterday! Have you ever been that sick? I know I have. I am so grateful he was able to sleep so well yesterday, considering there is nothing I could do to make him feel any better.
I think he is a little bit better today, but he is definitely not over it. I feel so sorry for him. He has had so many tummy troubles in his short little life.
Let me leave you with 3 random facts:
On a happy note, Korben took two steps today! For about a month now, every now and then, he has been letting go of things and taking a step (falling immediately after). Well, today he took TWO successful steps toward his daddy from the coffee table. We were all so thrilled! I know he has had the capability to walk for months now. He has pushed his walker toys around the house for several months. He has just not been quite ready to let go yet. We know he will walk when he is ready, but it seems like it may be getting close!
On a funny note, Korben has discovered the toilet. He is wondering where this thing has been his whole life? No, he is not quite using it, but he would sure love to get in it if he could! I have to keep bathroom doors closed at all time, because if he gets one glimpse of the toilet we are all in trouble. Just last week I was sitting in the floor of his room looking at a big sack of hand-me-down clothes that a friend just gave me (thank you so much, Bekah Coursey!!). I promise you, he was right next to me, opening and closing the door. Well, just a SECOND later, I heard "WOOSH" (the sound of a toilet flushing, in case you didn't know!), I ran into the guest bathroom and Korben was so thrilled that he had figured out how to flush the toilet. He is FAST people, I tell you! What is it with boys and toilet humor?
On an interesting note, I just found out about something I really should have invented myself. http://www.Smartmomjewelry.com This company, Smart Mom Jewelry, makes jewelry for moms specifically that their baby can chew on. I know what you are picturing...something that looks like a farm scene designed by Fisher Price himself. NO...It is actually even cute! To those of you who aren't mothers, you may think, that is disgusting. Why would you even need that? Well, every time I've ever tried to wear jewelry, Korben can't think about anything else other than how badly he wants to teethe on my necklace or bracelet. In moments of desperation (the best example I can think of would be a crowded post office line), you give in, and just let them chew on it. This could be detrimental to your jewelry or hazardous to your baby's health if the jewelry were to break. I can't tell you how many times I have worn specific jewelry that I knew wouldn't break, because I knew Korben would want to chew on it. So yeah, smart mom jewelry! What will they think of (before me) next?
Friday, April 3, 2009
Twitter Pictures
My husband has recently become a big fan of Twitter. He updates what he is doing via Twitter.com multiple times a day. He follows other student pastors all around the nation, as well as students in youth group. He believes it builds community all throughout the day with other believers. I'm so glad he is enjoying it, but I haven't "quite" caught on.
He has posted two pictures on twitter this week that I thought needed to be on my blog.
Aaron took Korben to Walgreen's pick up a prescription the other day, and while he was in the drive-through he turned around, snapped this shot, and posted it to twitter. We are loving him being forward-facing in the car now!
We took Korben to the park today for the very first time! He loved going down the slide! Aaron also posted this picture to Twitter. Had to share!
He has posted two pictures on twitter this week that I thought needed to be on my blog.
Aaron took Korben to Walgreen's pick up a prescription the other day, and while he was in the drive-through he turned around, snapped this shot, and posted it to twitter. We are loving him being forward-facing in the car now!
We took Korben to the park today for the very first time! He loved going down the slide! Aaron also posted this picture to Twitter. Had to share!
Old pictures on my camera
I just realized that I had some old pictures on my camera that I haven't posted.
Here are some pictures we took of Korben on his birthday in his car. I love this first picture so much because you can tell he is smiling, even though you can't see his smile.
This was one of the lovely days that we were all sick. I was about to give Korben a bath so I sat him next to Aaron while I left to get the bath water running. When I came back, I found Korben holding the video game controller looking like he knew exactly what he was doing. I couldn't resist taking a picture of this future video gamer!
Here are some pictures we took of Korben on his birthday in his car. I love this first picture so much because you can tell he is smiling, even though you can't see his smile.
This was one of the lovely days that we were all sick. I was about to give Korben a bath so I sat him next to Aaron while I left to get the bath water running. When I came back, I found Korben holding the video game controller looking like he knew exactly what he was doing. I couldn't resist taking a picture of this future video gamer!
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