Now it all makes sense.
The underlying cause of the first night of drama (see previous post) was rotavirus. Icky, icky rotavirus. Turns out the bug made its way through Miles' daycare center last week, hitting him hardest on Friday. He exceeded Kids Korner's poopy diaper quota and was sent home early. Poor baby. We pumped him with Pedialyte and followed the BRAT diet, although we turned it into the BOAT diet - bananas, oatmeal, applesauce, and toast. He thought that was pretty good. Fortunately he didn't suffer long...about 12 hours, and he was better. Auntie Beesie (aka Dr. Liz) suggested it may be because he's received the rotavirus vaccine. Thank goodness!
Saturday night turned into another night of drama, as Tanner and I started exhibiting symptoms of rotavirus. Tanner said a train could've gone past our house and he STILL would have heard me in the bathroom. Same to you, buddy!
It was a miserable, miserable night. We weren't sure how we could possibly be parents today. Thankfully grandma and grandpa Grimmius were healthy and available. They were here at 7am and had Miles packed up and in the car headed for St. Peter within about 15 minutes.
My dear friend Natalie came to the rescue with popsicles and Gatorade. In between our acts of illness and sleeping, we're doing a decent job of staying hydrated. I think we're on the mend...knock on wood. We look forward to a good night's sleep and a fresh, new day tomorrow.
Of course we miss our little guy terribly. Sounds like he spent a good portion of the day chasing Putter (the "puppy") around the house and saying "hi" to him. Now he's snuggled in to dream land at Grandma and Grandpa's house, and will hopefully return home to Otown tomorrow.
Prior to the rotavirus taking control of our lives, we spent a wonderful day in Spring Valley celebrating (Great) Grandpa Charlie's 85th birthday. Photos to come soon -- for now, it's back to the couch.
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Enough with the drama...get well! Miles will have some good stories to tell about playing with Putter and with the Grandparents Grimmius.
it's too bad they only started vaccinating against rotavirus recently, because it's not fun! i hpoe you guys are feeling better. a friend of mine, who's a montessori teacher in st. paul, was just saying last night that it swept through their school last week, too. yuck!
Typhoid Miley is spreading his rotavirus germs even further. GG Charlie and Grandpappy Larry are in the dumps, so to speak. GG Charlie said he'd never blame Miles for anything bad--see how much he cares for his great-grandson? : 0 )
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