Poor little Grayson was sick with the stomach flu. He woke up Saturday morning with puke all in his crib. I felt so bad that he didn't wake me up, but I guess it didn't bother him too much or he would have cried for me. I accidentally gave him his morning bottle (bad idea) and about 10 minutes later he projectile vomited it all up. After that he seemed much better and wanted to go outside so we took him to the zoo. He ate and seemed fine, but that night he had diarrhea 3 times and threw up once. Then at 3:45am he woke up calling for me and told me he pooped. He had bad diarrhea and a fever. I gave him some advil in a small bottle of water. He wanted more so I gave him a little more of half gatorade and half water. He went back to sleep and the next day (Sunday) threw up 10 times and could not even keep water/pedialyte down. He was miserable and so upset. I felt so bad. At one point he threw up so much that I thought he was definitely done and Daddy gave him a bath while I showered. Afterwards he took a small few sips of water/pedialyte and 5 minutes later threw it up plus more food from earlier. We both had to take a bath (Grayson) and shower (me) again. I texted Allison's sister who is a pediatrician and she told me to take him to the hospital. We went and got in right away and also saw the doctor right away. I couldn't believe how fast we got in, but maybe because it was 6pm on Sunday. They gave him zofran to help with the nausea and vomiting. He started feeling better right away until I had to give him gatorade every 5 minutes. I had to give him a small syringe of fruit punch gatorade every 5 minutes and you would have thought I was giving him a terrible tasting medicine. He doesn't drink much juice and when he does it's 50/50 water to gatorade. I think the taste of the gatorade was very strong to him and he hated it. We had to keep him busy with ice chips and I had to force it down. I felt so bad, but knew it would only make him better. He started feeling much better and had fun playing with all the neat stuff in his room. He loved the bubbles that the nurse gave him and playing with his big brother Ethan. We finally left at 8:30 and poor Craig started puking his brains out. He got really sick at the hospital and again at home. Hopefully Ethan and I don't get sick. Ethan was such a big help. He's great with Grayson and helped so much with Grayson. What a great big brother!! Grayson adores him and has so much fun playing with him.
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