trip to the ER

I arrived home Thursday night and surprisingly catch AJ still wide awake and watching deal or no deal. He climbed down from mamita's lap and ran wobbly to me and eagerly embraced my knee and pleading to be carried. So I carried him with my bag still at hand. He was actually sleepy at that time and pointing at the stairs (which means he wants to go upstairs already and sleep in his/our bed.)So my mom brought him up while I ate dinner. Around 11pm, I was watching TV while waiting for hubby to arrive from work, AJ just suddenly woke up and vomited all over the bed. I was surprised and scared at the same time. AJ didn't cry or even made a sound. He just sat there and we looked at each other, maybe he was shocked as well. Gave him water to drink then I woke up my mom to tend to AJ while I clean up the mess and change the bed covers. Then, he vomited again. Then again. We were scared that he'll be dehydrated so we rushed him to the ER. Called hubby (a bit angry already because he's not yet home)and told him we're bringing our son to the hospital. This is my first emergency room experience (we'll I don't consider the one when I was in labor because I was brought to the delivery room immediately after I arrived). I was asked to fill out forms, asked questions on what happened and we were escorted to one of the ER cubicles which were divided by green curtains. After the necessary emergency SOP (heart beat, breathing, temperature), we were ask to get a sample of AJ's urine so it can be tested. I brought AJ to the restroom and wash his genitals. I stimulated him, thinking that this would make him pee, but I was wrong. Around 1am, still AJ hasn't peed, Hubby arrived at the hospital. We had no choice but to wait for AJ to pee. I don't want to go home yet because I'm afraid that he'll vomit again. It felt safer to be in the ER than any other place. AJ was not at all sleepy, the nurses and interns were playing with him, giving them high fives, hugging them and giving flying kisses. He's such a heartthrob even at a young age hehehe! It was a good thing that the ER was not as busy and no such emergency like the one's in E.R. TV series. AJ eventually fallen as sleep around 2pm. He didn't vomit anymore (Thank GOD!). As for me and hubby, we didn't get to sleep at all. It's hard sleeping on a sitting position and your back is arched forward leaning on the bed so AJ won't fall off the bed if he decides to move and turn on his side. And not to mention the air condition is right in front of us and I didn't even think to bring a sweater for myself. I think I just slept for 2 hours with an aching back. When AJ woke up, I decided to stimulate him again. He didn't pee once while he was asleep so I know that he has to pee anytime soon. And true enough he did while I was cleaning him up. We waited for the lab result before we were released from the hospital. Good thing UTI was ruled out (it causes vomiting to babies), the doctor says he might had just been over fed. After we were given prescription if he vomits again, we were finally discharged from the ER, Friday morning.

Andre playing while waiting to pee