Gage vs. The Flu

Can I just say I HATE THE FLU! Gage spent a few days in the hospital in what was a crazy past few days. Friday afternoon Gage went for his 18 month well-checkup and everything was just fine. Well by Friday night Gage started throwing up and having constant diarrhea (for lack of a better word.) I thought that maybe it was the immunizations but nope. By Sunday he had gotten progressively worse, he could not even keep a sip of water down. We called our pediatrician to see what to do, after describing the symptoms we were headed to Utah Valley Hospital. After checking his blood, it was pretty serious. He was severely dehydrated, so much that his blood was acidic and the potassium levels were all out of whack. His weight on Friday was 27lb 8 oz on Sunday it had dropped to 25lb 5oz, 10% of his body weight. The nurses had a very hard time getting an IV in and he ended up with nearly 10 different pokes, not something a parent wants to watch. Poor kid! After 2 days of IV fluids Gage was so much better as you can tell in the pictures. When he was discharged he got a wagon ride to the car and of course my camera battery had died. But he was a trooper! We are now home and he seems more like himself, even though he is weaker. We are so thankful he is feeling better.