July 4th, 2011

I was so excited to be able to go to Smith Lake this weekend with family.  We all were in tow and ready to enjoy a relaxing, fun weekend boating, swimming, and spending time with family.  Saturday and Sunday Keelie had diarrhea one time each day and her appetite wasn't great, but she didn't act as if she felt bad.  We all got up Monday morning and got dressed to go to Jack's to eat breakfast.  Keelie was acting a little funny.  She was just laying around and acted as if she didn't feel so good.  She drank her milk but just wasn't right.  We loaded up and when we got there all she would do is lay on my shoulder.  Mom got her from me and sat her in her lap.  Within just a few minutes she threw up.  That's what was wrong with her, she had a stomach virus.  So we thought, but we were so wrong.  We loaded up and went home to prevent anybody else from getting sick.  She seemed fine the rest of the day.  She took a nap and she ate.  She even had a normal bowel movement later that day.  She seemed normal.  Later that night she went limp and got real lethargic.  She wouldn't drink or eat and she had a very glassy look in her eyes.  I put her to bed at 7:30 but got her up to try to make her drink.  I was scared she was dehydrated.  After many attempts to get her alert I decided to take her to the ER.  They ran several tests on her, did a CT scan, and an X-ray.  They didn't have any answers.  They couldn't understand why she was so lethargic.  They said she wasn't dehydrated.  They did discuss keeping her for observation but sent her home with the diagnosis of gasteroenteritis.