ER Visit

Graham and I got to the ER around 10 am on a Saturday morning (this was 2 weeks ago). We were able to go right back, which was a huge blessing. He was so adorable while they took his blood pressure and his weight and checked him temperature. We went back into one of those little ER rooms and gave his history. He was able to nap a little here and there, but kept waking up saying his poops hurt and his tummy hurt. 

They started an IV in his hand. It took 3 nurses and myself to hold him down to get it started. They taped it to a soft board thingie so he wouldn't mess with it. I thought his little hand looked so sad. 

We had a while to wait while his blood and mucus (true that) were checked out in the lab. He was able to snuggle. 

They had this one thing on his thumb that glowed red while it measured something (oxygen levels maybe)

It was like a band-aid and 1 more wire we had to make sure didn't get pulled on accident. He ended up pulling it off. 

Graham seemed to feel a little better after he got some fluids in him. But he still looks sad. 

He had gotten this race car before we left for the ER, and he held on to it the entire time we were there. I think it is also the only race car ever x-rayed as well. It went with him and was in his hands while they took an x-ray of his chest. 

His feet were sadly adorable too. Every now and then, they would move a little bit like they were doing a little dance. They were cute hanging out of the blanket. 

Another sad Graham face. He had his shirt off since they had to put in the IV.

His belly was super big too. you could hear the waves moving through his little system. In the chest x-ray, the doctor said you could see his belly and intestines they were so big. Still holding on to that 42 race car. 

We did play angry birds for a while, but he wanted me to play and he watched. His little arm just hurt me. I am not a fan of IV's so seeing his hurt me. 

the little patient

Graham had super low bi-carb levels. This level should be 20-24, and Graham was at 14. They said if he were drinking and eating and had a level of 15, they would be OK sending you home. Since Graham showed no signs of doing anything like that and his level was so low, they said they would have to admit him overnight and hope these levels would be better with a night of fluids. He had also not peed since we had left the house, so that was also a bit concerning. 

We were really hoping he would get a few hours of fluids and then perk up so we could go home. But Graham was under this "magic line" and the only way to make him feel better at all was being in the hospital and getting IV fluids. So we did the right thing in taking him to the ER when we did. I let Brett know we headed up to the pediatric floor and he and Bennett would come by after we got in the room. Since our family practice is associated with the hospital, those doctors were in charge of his care while we were in the ER and the pediatric floor. They came by a few times while we were waiting to be transferred to the pediatric floor, and they also took another sample of blood to check the bi-carb levels.