Being sick is for the birds!

Especially when you are only 15 months old! This past week Tori has been fighting a stomach virus. She had a few things going on, but nothing really bad hit until Wednesday. When Tori first wakes up in the morning, I usually give her a cup of milk which she downs pretty quickly. I love this time because we get to snuggle on our bed while she drinks. As soon as she was done she threw up all of her milk. Not such a fun time anymore. It went all over Tori, all over me, and all over our bed - yuck. After a few seconds of wondering where to start and what to tackle first, we started to clean everything up. After consulting with the doctor's office, Tori was put on a liquid diet for 24 hours. And if she threw up again the 24 hours started over. Our other task- to give her 1 teaspoon of clear liquids every 10 minutes and then, as she could tolerate it, we could start giving her more. It was horrible- Tori was so weak that she could barely walk in a straight line. She was content to cuddle with me or lay on her boppy and snuggle with a blanket and Puppy for most of the day - so not like our little girl that never holds still!

Here she is on her first day - I do love that even though she didn't feel good, she still has both hands back behind her head!!!

Luckily, we didn't have anymore throwing up, so the next day we started on the BRATY diet. It was so nice to see Tori starting to get some more energy back. But along with the extra energy came a ton of whining and crying. I really don't know which day was worse!

Of course, we couldn't be done there! Thursday evening we noticed a rash on her tummy and back. By Friday morning it was so much worse and had also spread up onto her face. Another frantic call was made to the doctor and apparently this can be part of the virus as well. Friday and Saturday we made sure to keep hyrdocortisone cream on her rash and gave her benadryl to try and help with the slight swelling and itching!

I love that even though she really didn't feel good, and had a crazy rash, she is still smiling!

Which brings us to today! The rash is now almost gone, hurrah! Tori has so much more energy and we think she is finally almost over this bug! It is so nice to see her playing and running around again! Although, there are a few things that she has picked up during this bought - keeping her hands back behind her head!

Here she is eating a snack - with one hand behind her head!

And here she is peacefully taking a nap this afternoon!

While it has been awful seeing Tori sick this week, it has made us appreciate her health so much more! And it has made us realize how much we really do love her getting into everything and spreading her toys and books all over!!!