Hospitals...

  Last night I had a friend take me to the hospital.  After throwing up for the past 3 weeks, my body was begging for help.  I was starting to feel lightheaded and dizzy a bit and knew that I should at least see if they could give me some fluids.  Dr. Oberleitner was on duty and had them give me some anti nausea stuff and fluids through the IV.  Perhaps I could have gone home, but the drip took several hours and it was 10pm by the time it was started.  I slept pretty well that night, but was awake earlier than usual because I was hungry without the overwhelming nausea.  The nurse told me that they were watching the Royal Wedding, so I ended up watching that to take my mind off being hungry.  Breakfast wasn't served for another couple hours.  When you feel like you haven't eaten in days there are no complaints about hospital food.  The oatmeal seemed like a dessert and the prewarmed toast with honey didn't seem half bad.  Amazing what changes when you're actually hungry. After that it was one more bag of the intravenous fluids and I was free to go.  Now that I'm home I don't feel the overwhelming nausea, but there's something about the extra activity that zaps my energy.  So, thankfully it's just about the kids nap time.  I'll definitely join them.  Hoping the days ahead bring more improvement and a return of appetite.  I have an ultrasound scheduled for next Friday.  We'll see if there are any pictures good enough to post then.  I'll save the boys haircut pics for another post.