Parker has a stomach flu

Poor thing, Parker got a stomach bug. He didn't eat much dinner last night, which was suspicious to me, and the spat up a hole bunch of milk before bed. At 11 he woke up again to throw up whatever was let in his tummy. He was very thirsty and wanted water but couldn't keep down even that. He also had two episodes of diarrhea before morning. All in all, not a fun night.

He woke up feeling even worse in the morning. Still couldn't keep down even water although insisted on drinking. We finally switched to a regular cup, as he at least drank slower this way. It definitely helped. In the meantime, Marc got us some coconut water so we switched to that. He was so thirsty he didn't mind the taste.

Finally dr. K called in a prescription for Zofran (some other brand name, but essentially that's what it is). We gave him the first dose (5ml) at 4:30. By 6 he ate half a banana, slice of French bread and requested for his drink to be switched to water (opened the sippy cup, showed me to the kitchen, and pointed at the fridge where we get the water for his sippy). He is such a big boy!

He had a couple more diarrhea episodes but no throwing up any more, lets keep our fingers crossed. He is asleep now. Fever about 102F and moaning in his sleep. :( I am hoping his body will fight off the virus and that the night will be better than last and the morning will bring recovery.

BTW, Parker will be 17 months tomorrow! He weighted in 10.760 kg which is roughly 23 lbs (before he got sick, it may be very different now), which puts him in the 50th percentile for weight, a place we have never been before! He is 84 cm or 33" tall - between 75th and 95th percentile, as usually.

We have become very radical and strict with his dairy free diet and it started to pay off. His skin is so much better! Skin on his legs is smooth and olive color, rather than bumpy red and sandpaper like. W hope this will also translate to a better immunity as he has been getting sick very often this winter season.

Also, Parker has a new favorite book! It is the Goodnight Moon book. I had to read it to him four times the other night! :)