We went to Indianapolis for Thanksgiving this year. Up until Saturday, it was a wonderful visit. Lil' Bit was amazingly well-behaved, food and family were great, and we all had fun. Saturday, just before noon, we packed up and headed back to Michigan. We weren't even 15 minutes around the beltway when Lil' Bit suddenly began projectile vomiting. Worse, we had just passed an exit and had to drive another few miles before we could pull off and check on her. By the time we were able to stop, it was a major issue. We turned around and headed back to my sister's house where we cleaned her up and cleaned the car seat and waited to see if she got better. She didn't. Around 2, we ended up taking her to the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. They did a good job. After some meds and IV fluid, 6 hours later, we were headed back to my sister's house to spend the night. We headed out bright and early this morning because we had no meds for Lil' Bit (I had only brought enough through yesterday). We got back and then we had problems getting meds. We had to force her to take them, which made her barf, which made her less likely to take them. And, thus began a vicious cycle. She fought the meds this evening, and there were plenty of tears on all sides, but we did finally get them all in.
Lessons learned:
1) Always carry anti-nausea meds for Lil' Bit.
2) Always bring a few more days' worth of meds than planned when traveling.
3) Make sure I know where the ERs are when traveling because I never know when I'll need one.
4) We're pretty good parents who have managed to keep our cool (relatively speaking) in some serious situations.
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