Guest guest Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Jenn - thank you. I'm so glad she is okay and obviously, doing so much better. What a relief. Congrats on your walkathon!! What a great distance. I'll bet she ate like a little piggy after that! LOL - H > > Sorry for the delay in responding. I should have had my husband get > on the computer and write you all. Our lives have been in fast > forward for two weeks now. > > Several of 's friends had this stomach virus before her, and > all were better in 12 to 24 hours. So we had a good feeling. > > But on Friday morning, she still couldn't hold toast down. So her > doctor wanted to admit her. But wanted to do her walkathon > on Saturday (and I had to lead it, with 11 Girl Scouts). The > Gatorade kept her blood sugars up, but she did have moderate > ketones. So plain white cooked rice around 11am was tried, and she > held it down. The rest of the day she was very lethargic but kept > toast and bananas down. > > It definitely is easier when they are older and bigger, because I > was less concerned about the weight loss, knowing that her weight > was large enough that she could gain it back quickly at 60 pounds. > But my husband and I agree that the main reason we didn't > hospitalize her was knowing with 99% certainty that the flu was only > 12 hours.... > > Guess what. got up Saturday morning and walked TWELVE miles > for her walkathon. My legs were SHOT!!!! Jenn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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