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Little Charlotte had a rough weekend.  On Saturday morning when I retrieved her from her bed I found that she had vomited at some point after being put to bed and had been sleeping in vomit.  Unfortunately this was just the beginning of a very rough day.  She continued to throw up every single thing she ate.  If she drank a sip of water, she threw up a sip of water within ten minutes.  She probably went through at least ten outfits.  I had done all the laundry on Friday, but by the end of Saturday I had to wash three more loads comprised almost completely of things that Charlotte vomited on (mostly her clothes, her mom’s clothes, and the towels I had provided to protect the couch and carpet).  Aside from vomiting, she was cranky and sluggish and spent the entire day on her mother’s lap–so much for my homework that I usually do on Saturdays.  By the end of the day she was completely miserable and starting to look dehydrated (no tears when she cried, her eyes looked dry, and only one wet diaper the entire day) so I took her to Orem Community Hospital.  They were able to give her half of some sort of magic pill that allowed her to drink fluids without vomiting.  She was in better spirits, after the pill and actually smiled a few times before going to bed.  Sunday she only vomited one time, but had several bouts of diarrhea and spent the entire day either in her mother’s arms or next to mom on the couch.  She woke up at 1:00 AM on Monday morning with a leaking diaper and screamed and cried or about a half an hour.  She wouldn’t eat or drink anything, but arched her back as if she didn’t want to be held.   When I laid her on the floor she rolled closer to me and continued screaming and kicking.  She finally calmed down and fell asleep in my arms.  She slept the rest of the night without incident, but joined her mom in bed in the morning and slept in mom’s bed from about 6-7:45am.  She continued to be clingy and sluggish until after her morning nap.  When she woke up she had more energy and actually left her mother’s lap to play.  I hope we’re in the clear now.  Her appetite is starting to come back and she smiled, laughed and ran around with Isaac the rest of the day.