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20060219 Sunday February 19, 2006

Rough week for Jack Last week, I flew out to San Francisco on Monday evening to meet with a client. My meeting was on Tuesday, and I spoke with Julie shortly before flying home on Tuesday night. No, she wasn't mad I missed Valentine's Day - we're both aware it's a Hallmark Holiday. She said that Jack had a rough day - going through something like 20 diapers. When I arrived home at midnight, he still wasn't feeling very well.

The next morning, he threw up on me after drinking a bunch of milk. The vomiting continued for 2 more days and got really bad on Thursday. He couldn't even hold down water. Thursday morning, Julie took him to the doctor, and they said it was probably Rotavirus. He'd lost 3 pounds, which is a lot for a guy his size. Thursday afternoon, we noticed he was turning white and was very lethargic.

Julie and her sister (who is a nurse) took Jack to the emergency room Thursday evening. They were planning on waiting a few hours for anyone to see him. Instead, they took him right away and hooked him up to an IV. His glucose level was at 36, which is way below "very bad". He recovered nicely after getting some fluids and was back home by 9:00 p.m.

Today, he's back to his normal self - laughing, crying and bugging his big sister. I heard Rotavirus lasted 7 days, and it appears to be true. Here's a picture we took of Abbie and Jack yesterday - you can tell he's not 100%, eh? ;-)

February 2006

Posted in General at Feb 19 2006, 06:16:46 PM MST 3 Comments

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Jack's mouth is more red than the beautiful girl ;-)

Posted by huhaiyan on February 19, 2006 at 10:12 PM MST #

Those are scary times as a parent - and kids don't even seem to notice. They're so much tougher than us wimpy dads.

Posted by Geof Harries on February 20, 2006 at 08:54 AM MST #

Seems a bit cruel to keep them in a box ;)

Posted by Nadia Azzouzi on February 20, 2006 at 12:23 PM MST #

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