today morgan sent me this photo of an adorable strawberry child, made from a kit found at a craft store, but this post is really about spending the late afternoon and evening with chanda at the er, as she became severely dehydrated from a stomach bug. i had been out in the morning and early afternoon, and when i returned with some anti-nausea medication for chanda (prescribed by her doctor), it was plain that she was already too far gone and needed fluids. we took an uber to the emergency room which was busy so she had a bit of an uncomfortable wait, but thankfully everyone was kind and helpful and soon had her feeling better. she had two bags of fluids and one with magnesium which took a long time to administer. she didn't return home with greg until about 10 pm. i had left earlier to feed the cats and to clean . . i wasn't sure if she was contagious and i was worried about greg and i catching it. however, the bloodwork that was done indicated more of a stomach bug from food than covid, flu or noro virus (hopefully). i'm actually writing this several days later and she is once again up and about like her old self (though she did have a few days with a very sensitive stomach).
