I wanted to post on my day's events but realized in order to do that, I really needed to give a little background.

During my long lull in posting, my 5 year old daughter started showing signs of what we assumed was a stomach bug. She complained about her stomach hurting (this was a Thursday night) but went on to bed and I never heard from her throughout the evening. The next morning she got up and ate breakfast and then proceeded to lay down on the couch. Now this did not seem odd to me as she always lays on the couch in the mornings while she struggles to wake up. But later that morning I was in the kitchen and had asked the children to come see me. She did not come. We went searching for her and found her back in bed asleep. An hour went by and I checked again and it was this time that I noticed something on the floor. She had gotten sick during the night and none of us knew it.

The vomiting continued that Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. I assumed by Sunday she would start holding food down a little better and would soon be on her way to being well again. And I was waiting to see who would fall victim to this bug. Well Sunday morning came and she was not any better...if anything by this point she was getting worse. Her output was entirely too low. She could no longer keep liquids down. So I took her to the ER.

They said she was just dehydrated. So after an IV and a Popsicle, we were on our way home. However, Monday arrived and she wasn't much better. Her output was still minimal (and I am having to carry her to the bathroom to get her to try.) So back to the ER we go. This time they ran xrays, gave her more food to try and keep down and took her for a walk to be sure all was "ok." She got halfway around and vomited.

It was sometime the next day that I was told she was constipated.

Constipated?! How?

This is a child who goes with regularity. I won't go into the gory details but it took awhile to find something to help her body do its job. We were sent home (Wednesday morning) with a prescription for Miralax and the knowledge that this would take 6 months (give or take) before we could get her off the medicine or we would be back in the hospital.

So brings today...

Emma had a well visit. I was glad this visit had been previously planned and looked forward to talking to our doctor about what all this meant. She asked me if the hospital took an xray before sending us home again...just to be sure it was all taken care of. I told her no. She said we needed to start there. So Emma got another xray today and by the day's end, we learned that she is still constipated and we are being referred to a GI specialist.

I am sure this is nothing out of the ordinary but I am stumped by this. And it hurts to watch her go through more doctor visits. This is the same girl who was born 4 weeks early, was in NICU for the first 13 days of life, has a heart condition, and had a heart cath over a year ago. She hates going to the doctor. I haven't even told her we have to go to another one. It will break her heart (and mine).

And on another note...

My youngest has been fighting a runny nose and coughing for a few weeks. I have already taken 2 of mine in for sinus infections in the past 2 weeks. So today I asked our doctor to look at her. She has an ear infection. This is simply funny to me (not haha funny). She has been a little whiny but I haven't noticed her playing with her ear. And she hasn't complained about it at all. Nor has she run a fever!

One just never knows when it comes to kids. But I wouldn't trade any of this for anything in the world. The same God that blessed us with them, will see us through everyday we have with them!