Parker's Promise

I am really grateful Parker is doing better today. Last night I was really worried about him.

I went home over the weekend and Darrell was with Parker so I didn't see him for a few days. On Saturday he mentioned he had dark circles around his eyes. The past few days and nights he had not been sleeping well. He keeps waking up at night and just laying there awake quietly so we don't always know. Then yesterday he only took two half hour naps. By last night he was lethargic and not at all his happy contented self.

The doctor planned to take him off IV fluids over the weekend to see if he would start drinking more. He didn't. At all. Earlier this week I had gotten him to drink 2 oz of water out of a cup. Yesterday he would clamp his mouth. If I did get any water in him he would hold it in his mouth and not swallow it until I poked his cheeks and it dribbled out. By last night he was really dehydrated. I am sure that was adding to his lethargy. Thank goodness for PICC lines and IV fluids.

Then he threw up. I had finally gotten him to eat 3 oz of puree. I gave him a bite of vanilla pudding. He gagged. Gagged again. He looked at me like I was trying to kill him and then threw up everything. Poor kid. He throws up multiple times until there is nothing left in his stomach. I've been there. I know how he feels. Poor kid.

On the bright side, he was very snuggly and cuddly. He was super sweet and he still enjoyed rolling around playing with toys.
And he is doing MUCH better today. I want this blog to be a record we can keep so I want to include the good and the bad so that we can appreciate the good. Because it is so good.