Noah was vomiting and had a very sore tummy on Thursday night (24th April), he then had an episode of swelling up on the Friday, and on Saturday woke up with a very odd rash on his limbs so I took him into the local emergency department and we waited. Just before us a group of 4 guys involved in a cycling race accident walked in with cuts and broken arms so our wait to be triaged was a long one. We were eventually seen by a Dr, then paediatrician as his presentation was concerning. I asked the first Dr if we’d be there long, meaning hours, and she said yes, meaning days! So Noah was admitted and given meds to stop him vomiting and feeling sick, IV therapy to help him as he was dehydrated and IV Panadol for his sore tummy. My poor little boy was so sick, only talking to tell me his tummy was so sore and just lying there otherwise not even wanting to watch TV (we don’t have a TV with us, just a DVD player that they sometimes watch so I knew he must be sick when he didn’t jump at the chance to watch normal TV) or me read him a book. He was also so so brave, I was so proud of him! I’ll put on some photos of his rash.

 

Times like this make me really miss home. Steve of course was amazing and had the girls under control! He even did their hair in pigtails! And what made it easier for me also was having our amazing caravan neighbours next door who I knew we could count on if we needed anything (thanks Linda and Barry if you ever read this, we really appreciate you!). These caravan neighbours even gave the kids gifts and Noah things to read in hospital like a really big map of Australia which he loved. One of the best things about this journey is meeting people you would never meet going about your daily routine.

 

So very long story short, they are not sure what has caused this episode and think it’s an allergic reaction to the vomiting virus, or to something he’s come into contact with. So he’s now got an epi pen and we have antihistamine on stand by. But hopefully it was just a one off.

 

A hospital stay was not in the plan for our holiday!! But then again, when do things ever go to plan? 🙂