with all the symptoms of the infamous GI virus or "stomach bug". We continued on to Monroe that evening not knowing the extent to which this virus would have on our family. We shared Christmas w/ my mom, Ronnie, Alison & Joe. Laney was there in body, but it was obvious she felt extremely terrible. Tuesday night, after a nice, home-cooked, dinner w/ my dad (he was dying to see the baby before Christmas), I too contracted the "stomach bug". Wednesday morning (Christmas Eve), Mic got to experience the grueling effects of this nasty virus. It ran through our family like wild-fire! Little did we know this would be the beginning of what would be a l-o-n-g, tiresome 2 1/2 weeks of virus, virus, and more virus! By the end, it hit 7 people within our immediate family, within 7 days!
Only through God's grace did we make it to Durham on Christmas night. (Looking back on it, we should have stayed at home, but we had all been extremely sick for the past 3 days, in bed, and hadn't eaten a thing! The least we could do was spend Christmas night with family we should have seen days before!). Laney continued to get progressively worse as the days/nights went
on! I haven't changed that many diapers, clothes, or sheets on a bed in a very long time. Who knew that begging our child to take just a teaspoon of Pedialite would be so scary, yet so happy at the same time! We have a baby girl who loves to eat, drink, eat more and then drink even more! The 3 pounds she lost definitely showed by the time this virus left us!We were in the ER at Duke on Saturday, back in the ER on Tuesday & yet this raging, horrific virus was still with us and our Laneybug was the most pitiful thing you've ever seen. It's such a helpless feeling when your child is so sick. If I could have taken this "thing" from her & doubled it a hundred-fold, I would have!
Finally, on Wednesday, January 31st we were back in our pediatrician's office - still not any better than we were 10 days ago. It was then, that they diagnosed her with the GI virus, and
upper respiratory virus, conjunctivitis in her right eye, double ear infections and on top of all that, a full body rash! Whewww! We began gruesome antibiotics and she received 2 shots of antibiotics before we left the office that morning. But not without making the nurses have to clean the room and change their clothes from her projectile fluid that so graciously donned everyone, including me!I took her to my mom's for a few days to give myself & Mic just a few hours of "rest". This Christmas vacation I was on, surely had not been a vacation! I indeed needed a vacation from my vacation!
She began coming around on Saturday, January 3rd. She was interested in eating small amounts of food, drinking about 1/2 of what she normally does, and even giving us a few of her wondrous
smiles. We then decided that we'd call Santa to let him know we had a special little girl who was finally able to celebrate her 1st Christmas! She may not have been 100% healthy, but she was definitely 100% better that she was 2 weeks prior! Having a healthy baby is something we will never take for granted & we were grateful that she got to enjoy the magic of Christmas. Even if it was almost 2 weeks late! Merry Christmas Laneybug!
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