Lena turned 6 months on Tuesday, September 13. The next day she had her 6 mo. check up. She is 19 lbs. and 11 oz. and 28 1/2 inches long. She is the size of the average one year old (50th percentile). Her check up was great and we had a good day, despite all the shots.
That evening when I went to put her in bed she threw up, then again and again. She vomited five times that first hour, then she was wretching and spitting up stomach acid. I called my mom, then our pediatrician. Todd left work and met us at the Pediatric After Hours Clinic just after 10 p.m. Lena was still wretching and vomiting, so they sent us to the children's ER at Medical City. The picture above was taken when the nurse at Medical City was checking us in. Even sick as she was she's still so cute. Look at the little heart rate monitor on her toe. Right after Todd took this picture Lena threw up all over me again. After a few hours of waiting and seeing nurses Lena started to perk up, but she wouldn't take any liquids. We were trying to avoid an IV, but since she still looked so pink and there was no diarrhea or fever they eventually let us go home.
She didn't eat until 6 a.m. Her last meal had been at 8 p.m. She didn't throw up again after we left the hospital and she seemed perfectly fine the next day. Maybe it was a 6 hour virus? I'm not sure, but I'm glad she's feeling better.
I have lots of new pictures to put up. I'm hoping to get to it later this weekend. Todd has been working until 10 or later every night for three weeks now. We're both ready for a break.
