Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

Could Paula Abdul have been right in her song, "Opposites Attract"? Do we have to take two steps forward, then two steps back? After Maddy was her "Maddy Best" on Tuesday, Wednesday brought us back to reality. She woke up and something was just not quite right all day.

I have been trying not to harass the doctor by constantly calling about Madeline's eating issues and considering I had just talked to the doctor for 18 minutes only two days earlier, I felt guilty calling again. But...she wouldn't eat anything, she seemed overly tired and just "not right". She couldn't hold her head up properly and wouldn't even take her binky! Now that is a symptom! I was picturing myself being snowed in with a dehydrated baby and having to somehow take her to the hospital. It just wasn't happening. So I called and told the doctor I was bringing her in.

It turns out on top of the stomach issues, she also now has a stomach virus. She has a fever and has been throwing up off and on. Madeline slept a bit last night and seems to be in fairly good spirits today, despite still having her fever. Luckily, since we both at least got some sleep, we should be able to handle being shut in the house for yet another day. Daddy, come back!!! Just kidding.

So now things are unclear yet again. Did the rice cereal solve our stomach issues, or are they right there below the surface of a nasty virus? I remain cautiously optimistic, still.