She Caught a Bug

It seems that Zoe has caught a stomach bug.

Monday - Zoe threw up right after drinking her first bottle in the morning. She didn't have a very good appetite the whole day.

Tuesday - She threw up right after drinking her first bottle in the morning, again. Her appetite was worse than Monday.

Wednesday - She threw up right after drinking her first bottle in the morning, again. Her appetite was even worse. I took her to the doctor: no fever, no ear infection, can't feel anything abnormal going on with her stomach, throat and everything else looks fine. I told the doctor that she seemed to be having a little trouble pooping so we thought she might be little constipated, making her not have an appetite. So I started mixing a little prune juice with her milk. Also, the throwing up in the mornings might have been mucus built up during the night causing an upset tummy.

Thursday - She did not throw up in the morning after her first meal. Her appetite was a lot better. Then at 10:30pm she threw up. I put her to sleep without feeding her again and then she threw up 5 more times throughout the night (she didn't have anything in her stomach so it was more like dry heaving).

Friday - After throwing up those 5 times I fed her a couple more times (without the prune juice) and she threw up every time she ate. I took her back to the doctor. Still no fever, ear infection, etc. She also wasn't too dehydrated (Mike and I feared she would have to go to the hospital for IV fluids). We put Zoe on a Pedialyte diet for a while then in the evening we fed her a little bit of milk. She threw it up.

Saturday - Zoe got a little more milk this morning and threw it up. The doctor's office called to check on her and suggested not trying milk again for 24 hours. Zoe does okay with the Pedialyte so we're going to stick with that to let her stomach settle.

She hasn't thrown up again today and she's getting very small doses of Pedialyte every 15 minutes. She's miserable because she's so hungry, her tummy hurts, and she's having a hard time sleeping.

To help Zoe feel better she got a complimentary spa treatment today which included a warm bath, massage, manicure & pedicure (not her favorite part but she needed it), and she got her hair brushed for a long time (she loves getting her hair brushed). She even gets to hang out in her pajamas all day.

Hopefully this is just a stomach bug and will go away soon. If Zoe continues to throw up after eating milk (both formula and breast milk) then we'll have to reevaluate.