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when my son was 1 he spent one night throwing up .. we couldnt keep anything in him .. water , pedeolyte (sp ?), etc..
i took the next morning off work and took him to see the Dr.(i was going to anyway because i caught whatever he had and was sick too - and besides that we were up all night - from dusk til dawn trying to get fluids into him)
the Dr took 2 minutes to look at him and asked me "can you make it to the emergency or would you like an ambulance"
i drove my son faster then the ambulance would have gone ...
he was in severe hydration .. a nurse tried several times to get an iv into him and couldnt. finally someone else did.
i couldnt put him down or sit down or he would get upset and i was trying to keep him calm ... we were in the hospital this way from 10:00am until 7:30 when my wife finally got there. at which point i gave her my son and collapsed under the sink .. untill i was able to go home ..
the next day he was fine - and thats when they told us how serious it was.
scariest thing ever. babies are tough little creatures but they need fluids ..
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