The long of it
Do you know the unbearable heartbreak of having a sick baby in another state and there is nothing you can do to help?
jj and I have been in Las Vegas for a week working with his company at the Consumer Electronics Show. Gentry was at jj’s parents house, that is where he always goes, he likes it up there. I called periodically, the last time on Tuesday. On Thursday night we called them to see how things were going. “Bad” was the reply and they had not called because they did not want us to worry. Just after I called on Tuesday, Gentry started throwing up. This continued for a day and then came the diarrhea and fever. By Thursday night when we called he had not wet in his diaper all day. They talked to jj and said that they wanted to take him to the emergency room to have him checked for dehydration.
The headache that starts at the base of your neck and wraps itself into the sockets of your eyes immediately started, and I could not keep the tears away. I could not get home fast enough. We took off from Vegas and landed in Salt Lake and called again to check his status.
He had blood work done and was getting an i.v. to help with the dehydration. He was watching the Fox and the Hound and eating a popsicle. They said as soon as he got some liquids into him he started acting a lot better and talking to them. jj’s mom told me today that he slept all day yesterday, but that he had to be laying on her. He would wake up occasionally and look up at her and say, “Hi Tutu.” And then go back to sleep.
We did not drive up there from the airport last night. There really was nothing that we could have done to help, they were doing what we would have done. They brought him back home today and he is asleep now, taking a long nap. Almost three hours now.
I hate it when he is sick. There really is nothing that you can do for them except hold them and hope that is goes away soon. It tears my heart out to see those around me suffering and not being able to help. He is home now, and there is nothing for me to worry about any longer. I just hope that he gets better soon.