Ellie's first trip to the ER

Ellie had her first trip to the ER yesterday. In my last post, we found the "blockage" b/c we went to the doctor for a virus. She was diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease Tuesday along with discovering her constipation. So, yesterday she woke up with a roaring fever and very pale and groggy looking. About 11 am, she starting throwing up. Within 30 minutes she had thrown up 5 times. I had started to notice that she has not teeteed all day and she was just looking weaker and weaker. So, I called the nurse line for her doctor - which was a waste of time! The nurse told me to give her fluids...which I was trying to do and everytime she would sip something she would throw it right up. I told this to the nurse (several times) and she simply replied "well, you are just going to have to get her to keep it down" - THANKS MA'AM...I am glad I help pay YOUR salary!!!! So, through out the day she was just getting really scary...she was talking wacky talk and would just fall asleep in mid sentence. So...that was the final straw...we packed up and set off to the ER since Betty (the nurse)...was EVER SO HELPFUL...I figured the ER was the best route. Mom had come and got Cole earlier (thank goodness...thanks Mom!) so off we went. We got there and triage took us straight back b/c Ellie was gagging and throwing up all over the registation desk (lovely). They gave her some Zofran (which is a miracle worker) and once that kicked in we started giving her gatorade 1 tsp at a time. We went back out to the waiting room until a room was ready for us. Once the doctor came in she looked Ellie over and said her heart rate was up and she could tell in her eyes she was dehydrated. So...that meant an IV :(. So, we did not tell her she was going to get "pricked" b/c last time we told her to just pee in a cup...she got all freaked out. The two nurses came in and set up and put the rubberband around her arm and she just sat there watching her movie (which is AWESOME that Gwinnett Medical has this!) THEN....came the prick...she screamed and looked at me and said "MOMMY!!?!?!?!" So...I am standing there rubbing her head, crying with her (which I am SURE helped her to stop crying...right!?!) But, I could not help it...I tried to hold it back...but it was coming whether I tried or not. But, it turned out all ok...she stopped crying (and so did I) pretty soon after the tube was in. She was such a champ. You could see the life come back into her as the fluid was dripping in. She started talking again and telling us all sorts of funny things. We walked out of the hospital (5.5 hours later) and I looked down at her and she was walking out of there like she had just won a purple heart. She thought she was big stuff with her "big" bandaid, 3 stickers, and 2 braclets around her ankle. It was too cute (after the ordeal of course). Here are the pics I got of her. The first one was in the waiting room and she was pretty out of it, then the next one was her watching a movie waiting on the IV, and the third was her sitting there like a big girl while the fluids dripped in. Today she is not throwing up, but the high fever is still here. The ER said it was viral and she should be ok.