DS was almost 3 when he got the Rotavirus. It was the scariest experience we have had with him thus far. It started out like a typical flu, but within 12 hours he went downhill fast. Nothing stayed in him. It was coming out both ends and then he stopped drinking. No wet diaper for 6 hours(he did have exloding diarrea however) and was completely lethargic.
We took him to the ER where they wanted to argue with me about an IV. They actually told me I was being paranoid and that they didnt give babies IVs. At this point, DS was turning jaundice. Needless to say, I made it known how unhappy I was with their flippant attitude and within minutes there were 4 nurses putting an IV in his arm. The test came back positive for Rotavirus and the pediatricina on duty had him admitted.
DS lay for 4 days completely unresponsive to us. He was on 2 different antibiotics along with massive fluids. DS was the only child on the peds floor and the nurses were very attentive. I had one nurse that was quite honest with me and said they were amazed he made it 24 hours. He was in very bad shape when he came up there.
DS did come around and when he did it was as if nothign had ever been wrong. Once the virus was out of his system, he bounced back big time. For DH and myself, we are still very cautious any time he shows any signs of a flu or fever.
