Just the life of any other Rachel

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Bronwyn has tried a couple new foods: yam and apple sauce.  She likes both of those.  I think I'll stick with orange foods and try carrots and pumpkin next. 

But, today she threw up.  It was really worrisome, since Bertram has never thrown up (he barely ever spat up). I gave her rice cereal and apple sauce for brekkie, after nursing.  We went to the flea market, and she threw up there, bubbly, frothy and a little yellow (bile, I'd guess).  Then a few more times on the drive home. She was retching, and then she'd cry.  I felt so sad.  When we got home, I nursed her and after a bit she threw up again.  I let her rest for a bit.  She seemed tired, so I laid down with her, and nursed her to sleep.  Then she was ok.  Everything stayed down.  She does have a little fever, 99.9.  We'll see how she does tonight.

Grandma hasn't been feeling well either, which is always concerning, since she is 93.  She went to the hospital earlier this week for severe back pain.  She was really dehydrated, and she'd been mixing up her medication.  Then she ended up back in the ER today, because she was throwing up and had diarrhea.  We were concerned that she had the flu, since it's been so bad this year.  She was released and they said it was probably a virus.  I worry it may be withdrawal from pain meds (I think she had been taking more than she realized.  And after the first ER visit they said no more pain meds).