Still sick.

On Monday, we took Orren to the doctor because he'd been unable to keep much of anything down for three days by then. Every time he'd improve, he'd just get worse again right when we thought he was finally getting better. His doctor prescribed an anti-nausea drug, and told us that if it didn't work, to come back on Tuesday so Orren could be hooked up to an IV, so he wouldn't get too dehydrated.

He'd already lost 2 pounds, which is a lot considering he was 18 pounds and some change to begin with, so we were hopeful about the medicine. It did help him, and he was able to keep most things down Monday night and Tuesday. He also developed a low grade fever, which was a hopeful sign to me, because maybe that's what he needed to cook the bug out of his system.

Last night was rough. We're pretty sure he threw up his medicine, because he was not keeping anything down, and we barely got him to sleep at all. Today seems better, though. Knock on wood. We haven't given him any medicine at all, and he's kept down everything so far. Granted, we fed him minimally for most of the day, but he had 6 ounces before going down for a nap, and kept all of it down. His fever is also gone today. Hopefully this means he's on his way back to being his usual healthy self. This would be the 5th day that he's sick, if he's actually not better. If he's still sick on Friday, we'll take him back to the doctor and see what he recommends. Hopefully it doesn't come to that, though.