Vomiting blood and 2 week stay at CHEO

This week in the life of Wyatt - his three weeks were up. By this Monday, he was admitted to CHEO for moderate dehydration, and losing weight. At the time, we were also  considering aspiration (confirmed through xray, that there was no aspiration, however, there could be a case of chronic actelectasis). We rushed him to CHEO on Sunday night for vomiting copious amounts of blood, and we were surprisingly sent home with a prescription for anti-nausea meds.
Needless to say, Andrew and I decided in the early morning to contact Wyatt's CHEO pediatrician for a second opinion.  Three hours after making the initial phone call, with Dr. Issa's AMAZING nurse, Erin, we were admitted, and had an IV line pushing fluids through his tiny, little veins.

I think as parents, we always have to look beyond the initial decision that medical staff make, and really look at the bigger picture, which is their child.  Also,  we shouldn't be too sleep deprived when we decide, that yes, we do agree, with what could be, a just as much sleep deprived, doctor.  Because, it's simply mathematics in the end:

x represents sleep deprivation  

x  + (1 dad x 1 doctor ) = 1 not-so-great decision

I think that is where our problem lay on Sunday night, when my husband came home with a sleeping Wyatt in his infant car seat, parked the seat in the crib and left.  Anyway, I unbuckle him, and cover him up in his crib for the night, which is at around 2 in the morning. Dad is already asleep by now. Wyatt's feed finishes about thirty minutes later, I stop it, unhook him from his feed line, and Jude, our middle child, like clockwork, wakes up. I go to his bed, and dad is sleeping soundly next to Wyatt.

By eight in the morning, I'm calling CHEO for an appointment to see our Pediatric doctor, Dr. Issa. Her nurse, Erin, calls up within thirty minutes of the phone, and says "Come in as soon as you're able to. We'll be ready for you."

By 11:30 am, Wyatt is being hooked to IV line, because he is moderately dehydrated. By 4 pm, Wyatt is entering into his isolated room, on 4 East. If it weren't for the MDU Clinic at CHEO, I really don't know what we would have done. The system works, and Wyatt is an example of why CHEO needs systems, such as the MDU Clinic, to be accessible by complex care patients. As his parents, we saw the proverbial crack, and jumped over it; instead of falling through it.

Wyatt has now spent almost two weeks in CHEO, quickly gaining his lost weight back. He is now on Peptamen Jr., and we'll be starting his blenderized diet this weekend. We're pretty excited about it actually. We bought all of the ingredients two days before he was admitted, and unfortunately, most of the ingredients, papaya, pears, and carrots have gone to our pig. Yes. We own a pig.

Wyatt will be celebrating his first birthday soon, so stay tuned for Birthday Photographs!