May 21, 2008
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Vomit
I officially hate puke. I didn’t like it before hand, but now I’ve used the word “officially” thus making it official. I OFFICIALLY hate puke.
My Caity had a stomache virus of some sort and woke up at two am losing anything she had eaten within the last year all over her bed, the carpet, my feet, etc. The whole time she’s losing it, she’s crying and scared (she’s never really had a vomit fest before) and she’s trying her darndest to cling to me.The germaphobe in me was trying to push her towards the big rubber bucket I had laid out. The mom in me gave up trying and just hugged the poor, scared, shaking little girl while she hurled everywhere. THIRTEEN TIMES she lost her stomache. We ended up taking her to the ER where the world’s rudest nursing staff pretended I was an idiot and they were the only ones in the room aware of it. I realize that moms probably come in all the time, overreacting at the tiniest coughing and sniffling their baby makes. But when my girl is hurling on my feet and your lobby floor because you won’t let me have treatment until I sign the “I-have-insurance-to-pay-for-your-bad-attitude” paperwork, it’s a big friggin deal.There was no overreacting, she needed something to make the v omit stop. We’d run out of clean towels at the house to wipe up her messes. That’s usually the first sign that you should see a doctor.
Meanwhile, she’s currently sleeping peacefully on a stomache full of Sprite and strawberry jello. My heart just cries every time her little voice squeaks, “Mommy….. My bewwy(belly) yucky.”
A mother’s lesson in humility: You want so badly to take the pain from this child and yet you stand there helpless with nothing to do, except hold her.
Parenting sucks sometimes.
Comments (12)
If it makes you feel any better, I’ve had to clean up diarrhea the Rottweiler has soaked in.
Awww. Poor baby, and poor you. I hope she gets better soon.
oh man poor baby. is she starting to feel better, is it past the every five minutes stage??
i hope she feels better.
poor thing. I hope she feels better. I am glad to say that we have a childrens hospital about a 45 minute drive from here and it is worth the drive. They really care about the kids and they are so nice. Wish you could have found nicer staff. best wishes for her. hope she feels better!
I’m so sad that Caity got the bug. I can imagine how traumatic it was/is for both of you (and the rest of the family, of course). Stupid ER nurses.
Love you!
oooh….poor kid. I’ve heard Sprite is good in cases like this…
Hope she’s feeling better now. That’s just wrong the way those nurses treated you. Obviously none of them ever had kids.
I think the rudest people in the world are either forced to work at the mva (dmv) or the hospital. I hope Caity is feeling better soon!
Awww…poor thing. I hope she feels better soon!
When my brother was a baby, and he either vomited or messes his diaper, my dad could never clean it up. He couldn’t handle the site/smell. He would always vomit when he would have to clean up my little brother. I never understood it, my little brother is the baby of 4 kids and my dad could never handle that stuff!
I remember when I was a kid and anything really bad would happen like getting sick or falling and getting hurt bad, just being held was all I really needed. I remember it was more being scared about not knowing why something was happening and what it meant, than the actual pain that was going on. Just having my mom hold me was enough
@Lithium98 - Ain’t that the truth. To this day when I’m sick, I want my mom to tuck me in bed. =)
Caity is in our prayers. I hope she’s doing much better (and you, too). GET WELL SOON, CAITY!!!