It has been a rough, rough week here at the Bauson household.

It started out on Tuesday when Jackson got severe diarrhea. We assumed it was due to his teething, as this as been his M.O. in the past.

Jackson was up all night crying Tuesday night because his bout of tummy troubles and also because he had a horrible case of diaper rash. Our tried and true method of rash removal (coconut oil) wouldn't even work. We had to pick up some heavy duty Triple Paste on our way to the Giants game. Luckily this seemed to do the trick, and he is currently rash free. However, he is still blowing up diapers left and right (yes, four days later).

The rest of the Bauson clan seemed to catch some sort of stomach bug the night after the Giants whooped the Dodgers (okay, so maybe not "whooped", but we still won, whatever). As soon as we unpacked the car and walked in the front door, Christian vom'd all over the floor. Fortunately John's cat-like reflexes kicked in and he was able to drag Christian to the bathroom where he continued to upchuck his dinner.

Then, I joined the fray and Manny soon followed. We were a lovely bunch on Thursday, and John (once again) saved the day and came home from work to take care of all of us sickies.

By Friday most of us were feeling better. Christian threw up once. Manny was still feeling a bit peaky. However, Jackson was now throwing up (not to mention he still had diarrhea). It got the the point where he couldn't keep anything down.

Around midnight last night it was decided that John should take Jackson to the ER just to make sure everything was okay. It turns out that he was dehydrated. The Docs gave him some meds for the nausea (after Jackson, once again, puked all over John when the nurses gave him some pedialyte), and then had him drink several ounces of pedialyte. They waited until he had a wet diaper and then sent the boys home.

Jackson has been home since 6:30 a.m. and since then has had another bottle of pedialyte and nursed twice. He has not vomited. This is not to say that we're out of the woods, but I am definitely happy that he has been able to keep some food in his stomach.

I am also happy that my happy smiley baby is back. It was hard to see him in so much pain, not really knowing what was wrong, or how to fix it. I am so happy that John took him to the E.R. I am normally a "let's wait and see" kind of gal, and that was definitely not the approach to take in this situation.

10:27 AM