Medicine - part 2

Yesterday was awful.

Alex threw up his medicine 3 times - we had to physically restrain him and force open his mouth to get the medicine in - something I never imagined we would have to do. We are drained, and the only way we are able to get through those sessions with his medicine, is knowing that we are doing it to save his life. He is too young to understand it. One day, when he is much older, I hope he can read this, and understand why we had to force medicine in his mouth.

We did have some good parts of the day - Uncle Nick and Aunt Sierra visited again, our friend Taegen along with her two children came for a visit, and Grandma Diana and Grandpa Bob came by with sweet Tessa-Lynn for a while.

Alex had to cut his visit short with his friends, when he threw up after trying to take his steroid medicine (the Prednisone) mixed with chocolate syrup on a spoon- it just tastes terrible, and he gags on it. Then, he just fell asleep.

Later, he was so hungry (steroid side effect), and he chowed down almost a full 6 inch Subway sandwich. We then gave him his medicine in some pudding again, but this time in a syringe. He gaged again, and threw everything up. So, he missed another steroid dose...

Later, I took Tessa-Lynn to visit her birth parents for a little while, and Eric and Uncle Nick and the nurse were able to hold Alex down enough to get the Allopurinol in him. He actually doesn't mind that one, and actually liked his lips when they were done. Then, after Uncle Nick and Aunt Sierra left, Alex's night medicines came. Everyone forgot to put the Ativan (for anxiety) in his IV before they started dosing. The nurse came in with 4 medications to take at once - and Alex flipped out. Eric held him down, and they got 3 of the 4 in just fine, but when they gave him the Zantac (peppermint flavored antacid), the threw everything back up. Eric was a wreck when I got back to the hospital room an hour later. Alex was asleep, and he had missed another dose of the Prednisone (steroid). Eric and I talked with the night nurse, and she administered the Ativan, and 30 minutes later, we were successful in getting the Prednisone and Allopurinol in him, without him throwing up. We held off on the Zantac and the Septra (an antibiotic) until Sunday.

So a couple successes, and a lot of messes...hopefully today will be better...