It's amazing that Nate has managed to live 10 months with only one illness - a minor cold. Since he's not in daycare, he isn't exposed to many germs, and he's always been very healthy. However, last week we got a big wake-up call when Nate was spewing out of both ends. That's right. It started with puking that evolved into diarrhea, and a whole lot of misery in between.
But even though he felt so bad, Nate kept his sense of humor, sticking out his tongue and saying, "Blahhhh!" with a little smirk on his face. We took him to the doctor, who told us it was just a virus and to feed him B.R.A.T. - bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. We were a little concerned about him getting dehydrated, but since he only threw up twice, our doctor told us he should be OK.
On Thursday morning, I went to change his diaper, which felt like it had a lot of pee in it. But then this crystallized gel-like stuff fell out of his diaper. It was like tiny bits of clear Jello, and there was a lot of it. I had no idea what it was, but I knew it couldn't be good. I really thought there was something seriously wrong, that it must be worse than a virus. But luckily, it is relatively normal - just a symptom of dehydration. So we loaded him up on Pedialyte and haven't seen the crystallized pee since then. He's much better now and we're glad to have our happy baby back again!
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