Difficult time in Italy

Jac had a tough time while we were in Italy. He did okay for the first day or so but the evening of the second day (Alexis' after dinner drinks get together) Jac started throwing up. While I was socializing Joseph was taking care of little Jac who threw up 3 or 4 times. It wasn't clear (and never really was) why Jac was throwing up. We think that it may have been the heat - it was very hot and humid - a quick transition from the relative cool of London - and Colorado - where it has not really started to heat up yet - and where it is quite dry. We also theorized that it might have been thr bottled water, a stomach flu he picked up, or something in the tap water that we were using to clean his bottles. We definitely missed having a sanitizing dishwasher when all of this was going on.

Jac threw up all night that first night. The next morning my parents went and found him the Italian equivalent of Pedialyte - which is called Dicodral. We contacted his pediatrician and did the standard tiny amounts really frequently of Dicodral and so on. We did this all day and then moved on to giving him small amounts of formula. He seemed to do well with this but then ended up starting to throw up again. This seemed to go on and on. We missed most of Alexis' Sports Day event on Friday - although we did make it out for an hour or so - and then took Jac back.



The next day (Saturday) was the wedding - and we were very concerned about Jac and what to do. Every day we were in Italy it got hotter and Jac just did not seem to be able to handle it. Alexis told us that she would understand if we did not bring Jac to the church for the wedding. After a lot of thought we decided it was best not to try to bring Jac to the church. I obviously needed to be there (since I was the Matron of Honor!) but we decided that Jac and Joseph would stay back at the hotel. I think this decision was for the best. It was very hot at the church and there would have been no way to keep Jac cool.

After the ceremony at the church Alexis had a big reception at the hotel - and we were able to bring Jac out for that - outfitted for a little while in his suit. I was very glad that he was able to be there for most of that - and he seemed to enjoy it. The reception was amazing - there were even fireworks!



The next day we were scheduled to fly back to London. We had to drive back to Pisa to get to our flight - a 2 hour drive - and we had to pack - and I had to help collect pictures for Alexis in the morning. Oh man! Our flight was at 5:50 pm - and we got into the terminal at the airport at 4:50 pm. Not good. We ended up getting bumped from our flight - we were the first people to get bumped - and the last! Well - the good news was that we didn't miss our flight - and EasyJet put us up in a hotel, fed us, and credited us 250 Euros each (more than we paid for our tickets!). So that was good. The bad news was that we had a baby that was not doing well in the heat - and we had to spend an entire day longer in Italy - with 5 hours in the airport the next day. We managed it with a lot of hard work - and a lot of good planning and engineering from Joseph (as per usual) and made it back to London, and my sister's flat - on Monday evening.



Unfortunately Jacie started throwing up again - after a day in London - and we really don't know why. He seems much better now - he is holding food down - but now he is constipated.

He has maintained his spirits very well through this whole thing - but we have noticed a change in his behavior. He is now crying when he is hungry - which he never did before. We think this is because we had to withhold food from him - as we were trying to rehydrate him and stop his throwing up. This is the baby that I never imagined I would have to hold food back from. I felt so terribly when he would finish the 15 ml I gave gim of Dicodral and be asking for more and I would have to walk him around for 10 minutes before I could give him more. Augh. Poor thing.

We are also afraid that he has lost weight - it is hard to imagine that he has not. He is back to formula now - but we are diluting it a bit from his normal formulation. He is eating well again - and full amounts.

Last night he was up 5 times to eat - not large amounts - but 5 times! I think he is just preparing me for having a newborn again!

We are here in London for 5 more days and then we head back to Colorado.