How we started the New Year!

Our New Year started with us ending up the morning of January 1st in the E.R., again. Second time within a week. On New Years Eve Lucas fell down the stairs all the way down to the bottom (~13 steps). He cried a little, but appeared to be okay, until 3 a.m the next morning, when Craig found him laying in his throw-up. I woke up to Lucas throwing up several times in the bathroom. It was pretty sad, poor little guy, he would throw-up and then just look at us unsure of what just happened. We wondered if he had a concussion from the fall. Later that morning he appeared to be okay and he didn't seem to be throwing up. Craig called Lucas' nurse who said they recommend taking the child in if the have thrown-up twice with a 24 hour period after the fall. We decided if he threw-up again we would take him in. We didn't really want to go to the E.R. (especially on January 1st and be surrounded by people who partied a little too hard the night before). Lucas was drinking his mid-morning milk, and sure enough he threw it all up, and then wanted more. So we went headed to the E.R. In talking with my mom, she suggested taking him to Primary Children's Hospital (this was an excellent idea!). We didn't have to wait long till we were seen, and the personnel was wonderful. During the visit, we discovered Lucas had diarrhea, which lead us to the possible conclusion that he was sick. We were right, and it was just pure coincidence that he happened to get the stomach flu the same night he fell down the stairs. What a relief for us.