Sickness

Bryan was sick most of last week. Just when it seemed like he was getting better be got a lot worse. We spent about 7 hours in urgent care yesterday and it was not fun. He was pretty dehydrated and since he tenses up when needles are mentioned, it took SIX tries before they were able to get an IV started to give him fluids. He was dehydrated enough that they couldn't even get enough blood to run tests until after the first bag of fluids was in him. They ran a bunch of tests and didn't really find out much. His blood tests did show that he was anemic and since he had been throwing up a little bit of blood and having blood in the diarrhea it was a concern. He didn't have food poisoning but they weren't really able to tell us much else. There are a few possibilities: it could be just the stomach bug that has been going around a lot lately or he could have some form of an intestinal disease. Due to the anemia and blood in the vomit and stools this was a major concern. He is taking antibiotics and after he finishes them he has to go back in for more blood work to see if he's still anemic. If not, then more than likely this was just a virus, although a bad one. He's feeling better today and hasn't thrown up in more than 24 hours. He has started eating again and has been able to keep everything down. I'm trying to get him to drink more water but it's a difficult task.

Thankfully I have not caught whatever this bug might be yet so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm washing my hands a ton and drinking lots of fluids so help ward it off. Maybe it will work!

Please just keep us both in your prayers and I'll update after our follow-up appointment in a couple weeks.