March 1st 2014

Tuesday February 25th Liam was admitted to children's hospital for fever and vomiting. Turns out he was constipated to the point it was backed up. The docs said it was probably caused by the virus and they've seen this frequently. The fact that Liam runs on the side of constipation normally did not help the situation at all. 

In ER Liam won over all the nurses. It took 3 tries and a nurse from the cancer ward  to get his extremely wiggly mediport to behave. It broke the nurses hearts to see Liam so upset. One of them tracked down a stuffed puppy and bubbles for him. He went for chest X-rays and won the X-ray tech over and was rewarded with stickers. 

Since we made it to the floor in a room we've have seen many staff members that have been taking care of he was only 3 months old. Everyone sees his name on their charts and immediately recognizes the name and remembers him and his medical history. It makes the stays easier knowing that he's in great hands. BUT it also reminds me that the reason he gets a "homecoming" here is because he's been here so often in his short 2 1/2 years. 

This was the first hospital admittance or ER visit Liam has had in 8 months. I'm extremely greatfull for that.