TRIP to the Hospital

Tuesday came and it was nasty.....
Riley was so weak and NOTHING sounded good to eat. He threw up first thing in the moring then around 11:00a.m. he asked for a choc shake. So I made him one and he drank about a cup of it and 5 minutes later that came back up. Then around 2:00p.m. I made him drink about a cup of apple juice and 5 minutes later that came back up too. This was all happening while I was giving him Zofran every 4 hours. So about 3:45 he still hadn't eaten or drank anything else and was just getting sicker, I called the Oncologist to give report....... AND WE WERE OFF to P.C.M.C. for the night at least. They said if he was this sick today, the night would just get worse.
We got there and didn't even have to sign in, they sent us right to a bed and started I.V's. He threw up again that night and once more on Wed morning. BUT was looking and acting so much better Wed afternoon. FINALLY he was able to keep some pretzels and water down so about 5:00p.m., they said we could go home!!! Thank goodness because per Riley's request, I had to sleep with him in the hospital bed and I COULD NOT LEAVE him, not even to grab something to eat. So glad for the couple of snacks I brought from home and the yummy smoothie he wouldn't eat!!  But by 6:00 I was Tired, Hungry and just plain ready to get out of there!!
I did happen to get a picture of the Therapy dog that came in to see Riley.......

Obviously he wasn't giving Riley very much therapy... grumpy pants!!

Notice how Ri's not in the bed..... He only SLEPT in the bed, and not by choice either. The rest of the time he was in the rocking chair saying "can we go home yet".
They had to come in, in the middle of the night a couple of times to wake him up because his blood oxygen was so low they needed to get him to breathe better...???? whatever that means, by the time we left he was fine and getting normal oxygen. Good heavens!! SOOOO thankful for Doctors and Nurses who know what they are doing!

So thankful for the dinners that are being brought in by friends and neighbors, especially on long hard days like this!! What a life saver!! Thank you all!!

Today is Thursday and it has been such a better day already! Riley has NOT thrown up and he even has eaten a little bit! Thank you Lacei and Cafe Rio Pork!! haha!

He even got a visit from all the cute kids in his Preschool class!! They each made him a card and a cute blanket with their hand prints on it! 

Riley was shy while the kids were here, but it was just what he needed!! It really cheered him up!!

  Now, after a long couple of days..... it's nap time!! Oh look, Riley's still in his p.j's!! Ready to go!!