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Our family had another adventure this week. Luke has been compulsively vomiting for over two weeks. We where waiting it 
out to see if it could possibly be the worlds longest stomach flu but alas it wasn't. And Tuesday we ended up in the hospital for testing with intense dehydration. Poor little guy. I didn't take any pictures from the first couple days in the hospital. His little sickly look hurt my heart, so all of these pictures are from the last day. Isn't he a hansom trooper.
So after lots and lots of needles, a cathater, some x-rays, and lots and lots of IV fluids Luke started feeling better. Both the playroom and Mickey Mouse Club House made the week endurable :-)
So here is the rundown. Luke has some sort of condition that makes him intensely through up. It is happening anywhere from 1 -5 times a day (for what will be 3 weeks). And Luke being the strong willed person he is, is refusing liquids. Except milk (which makes the voimiting worse) Good news: It is not a virus or and infection. X-rays of his stomach looked good. His blood count is good. He does not have muscular dystrophy. His urine is clean... and so on :-)
So where do we go from here? Do everything we can to prevent dyhydration and another hospitall stay. Finish the metabolic testing. Go in for an MRI next week and consult neurology, watch his weight and hope this is some unique phase Luke will grow out of. Thank you so much for your calls and prayers.
The hardest part: He is not contagious, he wants to get out and play. But after the vomit all over Target yesterday we are having to learn how to be better prepared for new unique situation we are in :-)
3 comments:
Dear girl! I am so sorry you guys have had such a rough time, esp. poor Luke--I hate throwing up and I can't even imagine how hard it must be for someone so small. I really hope this phase will pass! He looks like he was really enjoying the toy room, though, which made me happy! (: If you need any help or someone to watch him while you run errands, etc, let me know--or I can run some errands for you! I'm hoping for a great upcoming week for you all!
Oh, Luke! I'm glad to see you are feeling better. I'm sure since your stomach is kind of back to normal that your mom and dad is feeling better too!
** WE LOVE YOU THREE!!! **
Well, lets see. Dallin had a similar thing; we were told he had a problem with his pyloric channel. The muscle that helps the food from his stomach to his intestines likes to spasm and then does not help the food move. He seem sto have mostly outgrown it, but he is still an amazing puker (and prone to massive car sickness). I reccommend gallon size ziploc bags with you at all times (I still do this), and brown lunchbags. It is easy to get the whole face in the ziploc bag (no mess) they zip up air-tight (no mess or SMELL) and then put it in a brown lunchbag so no one has to look at it!
Hope is continues to feel better!
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