Like I said, Eli was in the hospital with RSV. For eleven days! Poor baby! Catrina stayed with him the entire time except for one night when daddy stayed with him so mommy could get a whole night's rest. We kept her well supplied with SB and food and company to keep her from going completely insane!
The RSV hit Eli pretty hard. He was one sick little guy there for a long time! I tended to go hang out in the late evenings, since both Catrina and I are night owls. The first night we were there, Saturday, Eli was getting way dehydrated and they had to start an IV. The problem was that they should have started one earlier in the day because by that time he was so dehydrated that they couldn't get the IV in. They stuck him twice in each leg and once in each hand before calling in a different nurse - who thankfully got it in on his first try! Hearing sweet baby screaming for 30 minutes down the hallway in the procedure room was not easy! And he's not even my baby! :-p He was having a hard time breathing and they finally had to start him on some oxygen. He kept going downhill day after day! Finally on day 6, Thursday, he started perking up and I got a smile out of him and a couple little giggles. The problem was he just couldn't get his oxygen levels back up to where they needed to be. And had to stay a few extra days...until the next Tuesday! recovering and getting stronger.
He is finally home and happy and healthy and we are so thankful for those of you who saw our various status updates and prayed for him! :)
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