On the brink of insanity....

Early Friday Morning Madelynn decided she would projectile vomit an entire bottle. We tried to feed her again a few hours later when we got up to get ready for work, she refused to eat. This was an all to horrible memory to be reliving and some panic started to set in.

I took her to the doctor and they could find nothing wrong with her. I know my daughter, that is the biggest bunch of crap. I called out from work and as the day progressed she still did not want to eat much. About 8pm I called the Children's Hospital to see who was on call. The Nurse Practitioner who helped care for Madelynn after her surgery was on call. So I left word for her to call me.

Over the next 24 hours I spoke with her 3 times and felt better about Madelynn's not eating and just worked with what I had. She was not dehydrated, she was eating to maintain, not to grow and that was okay for a few days. As frustrating as it was, I did my best to enjoy the weekend and offer her food every chance I got.

I went to work today only to find out she was refusing again to eat again this morning and decided to dry heave. I left work and took her back to the doctor still nothing. They ran a few tests that will take a few days to get results back. At this point there is still nothing I can do except exhaust every effort to get her to eat. Over all it isn't horrible she has only lost ONE ounce. So maybe in a few more days will turn around and this will all be a memory.

I don't think it will get to this but worse case scenario she would be labelled "failure to thrive" and admitted to the hospital. I don't think it will come to that if I keep working. However, exhaustion and certain comedic errors are starting to take place.

So how you know you need to get more sleep........you found cups that needed to go in the dishwasher in the trash, a stack of towels you folded in the refrigerator, clothes meant for the washer were found in the trash, and suddenly your set of eight silverware is missing several spoons ( I can only assume made it in the trash and I never knew they were there). I really seem to like the trash can.

Hopefully, things will settle down over the next few days and Madelynn will eat again and I can sleep again. Hoping you don't find strange things in your trash.

TTFN