Worry

When a typical child wakes up throwing up you worry about dehydration. That's pretty much it. Sure, you feel for them, nobody likes to throw up.

When a child who has been on an aspirin regime wakes up throwing up your first thought might be, "is this the start of Reye's syndrome?" or maybe you'll wonder, "is this seizure enhanced vomiting?"

Liam and I were up all night - started with vomit, which he had a really difficult time with (he hasn't thrown up in years) and then he switched to diarrhea. He hasn't managed to keep down sips of water - and will vomit that back up.

I'll be calling the doctor as soon as they open. I called last night and was told just to watch for him to get worse (which he didn't). I'd like to have blood work done to rule out liver failure before I give him today's dose of aspirin.

Whenever something happens with Liam - be it a stomach bug waking him up, him getting goofy when over tired, hitting his head, scraping his knee, etc... All the lists of "what ifs" fill my head with worry.

I wonder how long this will last.