A Day In The Life Of The Riley's...: ONE CRAZY TRIP TO GRAMMY'S!!!

The plan was to go visit Grammy and Grampy in Spokane, take the kids to Silverwood in Coeur D' lene, and then visit Daniel's Dad in Coulee Damn...well, it didn't really end up that way! The story is kind of long, but there are some cute pictures that follow. I'll start at the beginning. We left on Friday evening to make the 7+ hour car ride to Spokane and got there at midnight (1am our time)! Saturday morning, we got up all excited to be there and went right into Grampy's lap pool and had a great time...although hindsight, Liam probably shouldn't have gone into the warm water for so long! Then I put Liam down for his nap and when he woke up, he felt really hot! We got some Tylenol in him and he seemed to be fine. I thought he just had a fever from his molars coming in. We had fun that night at Wonderland playing miniature golf and riding the go-carts. Sunday, Liam still felt really hot and started having Diarrhea. We got him some Motrin and a thermometer to see how hot he really was (103.2 at one point). At this point, I thought he might be coming down with an ear infection and decided to wait one more day to see if he would get any better. We had a nice relaxing day hanging out in the back yard listening to music and playing ball! That night Liam threw up so we decided to take him to the doctors first thing in the morning. The next morning (Monday) Liam was still hot and it was pouring down rain. We were suppose to go to Silverwood that day also, but decided to figure out what was wrong with Liam before we made any definite plans. We took Liam first thing in the morning to an Urgent Care and thought he would just get him some anti-biotics for an ear infection and we'd be right back. Daniel and I didn't even eat breakfast! When we got there, Liam was so lethargic, he kept falling back asleep. He also threw up while we were there and it turned out to be positive for blood. The Doctor told us he didn't have an ear infection, but that he needed to go to the ER right away. So...we took him to Sacred Heart Children's Hospital and that doctor determined that he needed fluids and some blood work done. The poor little guy, it took them 4 tries to get the IV in. When the blood work came back, the doctor said he was definitely dehydrated, anemic and had low blood sugar. He said that he would have to stay in the hospital over night to get enough fluids in his system. GREAT! It was 1:30pm by now and in the process of getting Liam admitted, Daniel and I realized we hadn't eaten. The kind nurse got us these dry turkey sandwiches and off we went up stairs. Silverwood was now out today and going to Papap's house looked like it was out too! Thankfully, Papap came into Spokane and took Daniel, Eli and Kaylynn out to dinner! But in the meantime, I was stuck in a little stuffy hospital room with my poor little Liam, No cell phone and no wallet. I was trapped! I was so hungry, I started getting a migraine. My mom finally showed up with my dinner at 8:45pm! The next morning (Tuesday), Liam still had a fever and now wasn't eating. The doctor said he would have to stay another night until he was eating on his own again. I was determined for the other kids to still have a fun time on our trip so Daniel ended up taking them with my dad to Silverwood while I stayed with Liam. I was pretty bummed! On Wednesday morning, Liam's fever finally broke and he started eating again (Yeah)! He got released late that morning and I finally got a shower after 3 days! The ride home was pretty uneventful with Liam sleeping most of the way (his poor little body still needed to recover). We were exhausted when we got home and it took a few days to regain our energy! What a memorable trip! I did manage to take a ton of pictures so enjoy!

Fun in the Lap pool!