Marian April 5th, 2007
Our son, Roy, has been sick since last Friday. You know, the stomach thing, diarrhea & vomiting. This combined with what we came to find was Strep on Saturday at the Emergency Room.
Last night, about midnight, I 
was getting Roy’s bed ready to move him off of the couch and into his bed when I heard a whimpering sound (I had no idea it could be Roy) but, I turn around on hearing him, and saw him clutching the wall, trying to steady himself. I reached him just in time to keep him from falling to the floor and hurting himself.
A sick child is a terrible thing, but when you have a child who is unable to communicate as a normal child might makes things much more difficult to grasp. He was terrified, not knowing what was happening to himself and loosing control of his body. We were terrified, as well. Dad was still at work because of our bad weather. Kerri was nearby and came as soon as I called for her.
We know that he is dehydrated and just can’t get him to eat or drink as he should. After he passed out and was feeling a bit better, we moved him to my bed, but he kept having little accidents, having to change his pants. Immodium just doesn’t seem to be stopping the diarrhea, (where most dehydration begins!) I put him on the scales. Saturday he weighed 106 lbs. at the hospital, last night he weighed 99 lbs. His weight loss is visible.
We concentrated last night on keeping him comfortable and trying to re-hydrate him. Kerri went to the store and brought in Pedialite, Gatorade, yogurt, bananas, etc…
We called the doctor this morning, she’s out today, but her nurse told us to stop the antibiotics (Augmentin) as it could be exacerbating the problem. Now, we wait to hear from them to see what our next step should be!
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