Exorcism- May 16, 2012
This may have been my single grossest day of parenthood, ever. That’s saying a lot as every mother knows childbirth is a messy affair and the newborn days of spit up and diaper blowouts give a new appreciation for pre-baby cleanliness.
This morning Greyson went upstairs to get Charlotte. I heard his concern over the baby monitor, “Oh no! Baby!” When I got upstairs I saw the evil that had been in my child’s body. Surely it was evil that was living in her digestive tract. Only the devil’s own brand of awful could produce vomit like that. It was everywhere.
Greyson scooped her up and put her in the shower right away. I texted my boss to tell her I needed to take Charlotte to the doctor. This gastrointestinal eruption came just after a fever and snotty nose on Sunday. I had a bad feeling. We got her cleaned up and tried to feed her. She only wanted a little.
I drove all the way to the Pediatrician’s office to discover that their walk-in availability begins an hour later on Wednesdays. Seriously!? It’s probably good that we went back home and very good that she didn’t eat too much for breakfast because of what happened next.
The devil shook my daughters belly once more and she threw up all over the living room. “Oh my God! Charlotte!” I started taking off my shoes so I wouldn’t track vomit all over the house. In these few seconds my sweet baby walked towards me crying with the most pitiful look I have ever seen. Just when I thought my heart couldn’t take any more, my kid slid and fell down in a pool of her own puke.
Oh God! Send an angel to rid my child of this deamon!
I cleaned her and the floor up as fast as I could while holding my breath. Just as I started breathing, the devil reared his ugly head again. This time out of my baby’s rear. I smelled what had to be the foulest odor hell has to offer. Diaper change. Would we make it to the doctor’s office without another eruption from either end?!?
We did. She has an ear infection. Turns out it’s a virus that led to the bacterial ear infection and if she can keep down antibiotics we should be okay. I guess I’ll treat this with Amoxicillin instead of an exorcism.
Sleeping. If I did that much puking and pooping, I'd need a nap too.
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oh my god hahahhah. poor baby. poor mama. i’m sending wine through the internet.
Oh, poor girl and poor Mommy!!
Poor baby!!! Feel better Charlotte!!
I’m so sorry for Charlotte. I hope she is feeling better.
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OMGoodness! An ear infection can cause vomiting & diarrhea?!! Poor wittle bebe, I’m glad it turned out to only be an ear infection