Try walking in my shoes

This week has been hard on Zachary. Since we have been home from Florida his seizures have been getting worse and worse. Kayla and Aaron have been sick with Some type of respiratory/flu thing. On Monday we decided that we wanted to take Zachary into the hospital to get some help with the seizures, but found out that his Nuro. was out of town until Wednesday. So we thought that we would wait until then. Tuesday night Zachary started getting a fever, and throwing up. His nurse came at 8 and by 9 she was thinking that he needed to be taken to the E.R. His heart rate was really high, he was vomiting and having diarrea. We tried giving him small amounts of fluid, but even when we gave him only 1 teaspoon he would throw it right back up. I asked Chris if he would take him in for me this time. He said he would and arrived to the E.R. around 10:45. The E.R. was packed so he knew it would be a long night. After they took him back, they could not get a I.V. in him, so he went all night with out any food or meds. Around 4 o'clock they finally got someone to come down from the P.I.C.U. and they got the I.V. in. I can't believe that it took that long. That's not the worst part, Chris and Zach are still in the E.R. The hospital is full and they have to wait for someone to be discharged before they can get Zachary into a room. It is now 9:30, and they have been in the E.R. for almost 11 hours. I hope they get a room soon. I told Chris how bad I felt for him, but he said not to worry about it. He knows I have had my share of sleepless nights in a hospital room chair. (hence the title: try walking in my shoes.) It's not 4 Weeks in Miami, but he has the idea. I hope that they get a room soon. Can you imagine what it will be like if we do get a pandemic like the swine flu! Scary!