We decided last night to take Emma to the ER today. She was so sleepy yesterday and kept waking up in the evening, crying and inconsolable.
When her nurse came she listened to her belly for bowel sounds, as they do throughout each night and she really didn't hear anything. Since Emma's bowel is 'special' (after being outside her body for 9 months!) we won't take any chances if there looks like a potential problem.
We gave her some laxative which created a lot of gas but no movement, that was since Thursday or Friday. So it seemed there was less than normal output all around.
We skipped her last feed of the day and tried to run the overnight feed, which goes in really slow, but not long after it started she was waking in pain again.
This morning we brought her into our bed where she was fine mostly but had spells of being in pain and very upset. We decided that it was not worth waiting another 24 hours with her being so unhappy and headed out around 7.30am. Since Children's has a full history of her medical needs we go there rather than to a closer hospital where we would likely have to educate the staff on Moebius, and maybe the other things!
We didn't have a long wait at the hospital, well, not for a room! We were there for about 3 hours total. The doctors took an x-ray of her belly to look for potential blockages, and also took a urine sample - by catheter!!! (Fun!) She also had to have her rectal temp. taken twice. She was not amused!!
In the downtime we had the TV on and she was pretty content (thank goodness she has TV shows she likes that much!!).
The results; no urinary tract infection detected, but a culture will be complete in 24 hours; she did have a small amount of stool in her bowel that was likely hard and causing her the pain. The temp. is likely a virus of unknown origin! So they sent us home with a prescription for stool softener and more Tylenol!!
Even though the problem seems fairly simple it is clearly a big deal for Emma and for that reason I don't mind spending time in the hospital. (I was incredibly uncomfortable sitting in the hard chairs though, so I snuggled with Emma on the gurney a couple times!!)
She went down for a nap after we got home and I gave her the meds, and within one hour she'd pooped!! Thank goodness. Perhaps we'll all get a better night's sleep tonight!!
When her nurse came she listened to her belly for bowel sounds, as they do throughout each night and she really didn't hear anything. Since Emma's bowel is 'special' (after being outside her body for 9 months!) we won't take any chances if there looks like a potential problem.
We gave her some laxative which created a lot of gas but no movement, that was since Thursday or Friday. So it seemed there was less than normal output all around.
We skipped her last feed of the day and tried to run the overnight feed, which goes in really slow, but not long after it started she was waking in pain again.
This morning we brought her into our bed where she was fine mostly but had spells of being in pain and very upset. We decided that it was not worth waiting another 24 hours with her being so unhappy and headed out around 7.30am. Since Children's has a full history of her medical needs we go there rather than to a closer hospital where we would likely have to educate the staff on Moebius, and maybe the other things!
We didn't have a long wait at the hospital, well, not for a room! We were there for about 3 hours total. The doctors took an x-ray of her belly to look for potential blockages, and also took a urine sample - by catheter!!! (Fun!) She also had to have her rectal temp. taken twice. She was not amused!!
In the downtime we had the TV on and she was pretty content (thank goodness she has TV shows she likes that much!!).
The results; no urinary tract infection detected, but a culture will be complete in 24 hours; she did have a small amount of stool in her bowel that was likely hard and causing her the pain. The temp. is likely a virus of unknown origin! So they sent us home with a prescription for stool softener and more Tylenol!!
Even though the problem seems fairly simple it is clearly a big deal for Emma and for that reason I don't mind spending time in the hospital. (I was incredibly uncomfortable sitting in the hard chairs though, so I snuggled with Emma on the gurney a couple times!!)
She went down for a nap after we got home and I gave her the meds, and within one hour she'd pooped!! Thank goodness. Perhaps we'll all get a better night's sleep tonight!!
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