March 2013 - Cole's Sleepover at the Hospital

Cole wasn't able to keep anything down for a couple days, so we took him into the doctor. He determined that he was dehydrated and needed to be admitted to the hospital for 24 hours for IV fluids. We ran home and gathered our stuff, then headed in. 

Poor Cole curled up in the shower after another round of puking.  

 He was definitely not feeling good when we got there

 He cheered up a little bit after I let him call the nurses in a couple times to get socks, movies, and tell them thank you for taking such good care of him. The nurses, Denise and Andria, were SO good with him and went out of their way to help him happy. He watched "Brave" and "Peter Pan" several times. The next morning he was feeling a little better and was starving. The nurses couldn't let him have anything until the doctor made it in to OK it. After he ate he got to ride in the wheel chair over to take chest x-rays, then back to the room. He cooperated so well for the x-ray staff. They let him try on their huge heavy gloves, too.

They have a small toy room that was down the hall from his room that we spent quite a bit of time in. We also did a lot of rides around the floor in both the wagon and with him riding on the IV stand thing.  

Connor kept himself entertained by riding this princess car around the floor. He stayed on there for a looong time until he somehow crashed and needed some TLC.

Once they were ready to take the IV our, Cole decided that he wanted to keep it in. They convinced him to take it out anyways.

Home and happy! He was feeling quite a bit better.

Cole actually loves going to hospitals, at least after the IV is in. The hardest part for me is when we first get there and they have to put the IV in. This time they wrapped him up in a blanket so he couldn't move because Chris warned them that he would fight. I wandered around with Connor but I couldn't get far enough away without leaving the Pediatric Unit to not hear him crying and screaming, which makes me cry, too. I'm glad that Chris was home that day and could help us. I'm also glad that we have so many awesome people who were so willing to help with Connor and bring Cole treats. When we are home Cole always says what a good time he had at the hospital and how he would like to go back.