California bound.... or not!!!

On January 9th Kimberly informed me that Wendy and I were going to be receiving tickets in the mail to come see her in Los Angeles. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! Wendy and I decided that we would throw her a baby shower on March 14. It seemed the perfect date since we would be leaving out on the Thursday before and returning the Tuesday after and that would encompass Brad's spring break so that getting the kids to their designated places would be easier. I should have known when the big snow hit and took his spring break away that the count down to seeing Kimberly was going to be a challenge. I continued with the count down 64 days... 30 days.. 10 days... 2 days...! I talked with Kimberlys' mom frequently to work out the flights and the Wednesday prior to leaving we printed off the boarding pass while she talked me thru it on the phone- all seemed to be going good. I packed my bags after the kids went to bed and was finished by 11p.m. I gladly set the alarm for 5 a.m. and went to bed. At exactly 12:35 my travel plans were shot- Brady threw up!! I had my fingers crossed that this was a one time event and then 30 minutes later the event reoccurred again. This pattern went on for 14 hours before the doctors informed me to go ahead to St Francis to be sure he wasn't dehydrated. We were at the hospital for 4 hours and one bag of fluids before returning home. I was hopeful since his 30 minute pattern had broke that we were over the main event. Unfortunatley I was wrong- the pattern was more sporadic. Between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday morning he threw up 5 times- how does this happen when you are not taking in any foods/ drinks???? I called the on call doctor who instructed me to meet him at SE hospital and to plan on him being admitted. We were in a room by 11 with an iv and a sleepy baby!!! He stayed subdued through Sunday when at 10 pm the night nurse finally said we were free to go only to wake to him throwing up Monday morning and nasty diapers!!!! I swear I was ready to put him on the street corner-! He has finally come around- 3 days after coming home- a little today and had a smile when he woke this morning- yeah it is about time!! Now that he is slowly becoming his self again I will keep him and hope that this bug moves out of our house- he is not welcome!!!!