Kynli's hospital stay

I've been putting off documenting this event but I know I'll look back and be grateful it's over one day. Kynli got sick. And it was one of the worse experiences of my life. The worst possible feelings and anxiety just hit me. It started when Jayli brought home another illness. It's just impossible to keep everyone well with a 2 year old. We tried to keep everything clean but Kynli caught J's bug. At first it was just a little runny nose and a little bit of coughing. But then she started spitting up or throwing up after she ate. It always looked like a couple oz, so basically her whole meal. She did it more and more often until it was every meal. At 2am we heard her wake up and puke again. She was gasping for air and it really scared us. We took her into the ER and started doing tests. Chest and abdomen xrays, revealed nothing but a bunch of air in her intestines. RSV and flu panels were negative. The doc gave her the smallest dose of zophran to stop the puking, which thankfully it did. But my heart felt like it was ripped out of my chest when he looked and us and said he wanted to admit her. That's when you know it's time to be nervous. He admitted her on observation because she was a little dehydrated but mostly because for some reason her oxygen kept dropping. She would rebound right away but he didn't like it since she was so tiny. So at 6 weeks old we watched our sweet baby get oxygen taped to her face, leads stuck to her chest and a monitor strapped to her foot. She was so wiped out! For the day and a half we were in the hospital she basically slept the entire time. I tried to nurse her every chance I could. Luckily they never needed to start an IV, and they even turned off the oxygen after only the first day. We waited and waited for a wet diaper and finally got one the day we left. They ran a panel to see exactly which virus she had. It came back with para-influenza. Dr. Rogers (not our regular pediatrician) said she would have a sore throat and cough for awhile but since the puking stopped she would get better fast. They sent us home with an antibiotic because he also found she had an ear infection. Thankfully she recovered quickly! She seemed like herself after only a couple of days. She didn't puke again and her cough was very mild. Jayli went to highland again for a few days while we got Kynli feeling better. I'm so glad this is over. That my baby is healthy and that we don't have any lasting side effects. This experience definitely made me realize I should be grateful for the simple day to day stuff. It can always get worse and taking our health for granted is a mistake.