First ER trip(s)

So we have had quite an...adventurous week. Cesi got sick over the weekend and couldn't work on Tuesday so Isaac went to daycare on Tuesday. He had a great time, and we were grateful they had space so we didn't have to take a day off of work. However, it appears that Isaac picked up a bit of a stomach bug while he was there and the fun began on Wednesday morning. Cesi texted me that Isaac threw up but seemed totally happy and fine, so she just cleaned it up and they went to the library and on with their day. He ate a big lunch and had no other problems the whole day...until we got home. Isaac was not so into eating dinner, but drank a lot of milk, so we didn't think anything of it. Did the whole bedtime routine and noticed he was a bit cranky but otherwise fine. Until he threw up on our bed...and then all over the carpet in his room. This continued for the next several hours -- four sets of sheets, five pairs of pajamas, multiple carpet shampoos...and at midnight we decided he was in rough shape he couldn't keep anything, even water down, wouldn't stop crying, and started running a temperature. So we woke up the doctor (first time!!) and she said take him to the ER. The rookies that we are, we took him to GW - BIG MISTAKE!! First of all, it was like being in an inner city waiting room, they were overcrowded and did not tell us they don't have a pediatric unit (what do we know?). So we waited there for several hours getting more and more frustrated, Isaac seemed to be doing a little better and I thought the lack of sleep was worse than the upset stomach, so we gave him a few sips of water and he seemed to keep it down, and at 2:30 I asked Bill to get the car so we could go home. He did, we strapped Isaac in... and he threw up everywhere. So...back into the waiting room. Finally around 4am they took us into a room, but still didn't see a doctor until about 5. They decided (shocker) he was dehydrated and needed fluids - but after several (torturous) attempts, they could not get an IV line in him (I guess baby veins are hard, and dehydrated baby veins are impossible) so they gave him some anti-nausea medication and a bottle of pedialyte - yup, we waited 6 hours in the ER for pedialyte. Ridiculous. He did keep it down though, and seemed to be doing better, so we all went home around 7am and slept until 11, when he woke up with it coming out the other end. Needless to say, a few more hours of both and we went to our doctor who sent us immediately to Children's National Medical Center (or as we now refer to it, Heaven). Though we did end up staying overnight, the experience was NIGHT AND DAY different, they were amazing with Isaac, they did everything they could to make him and us comfortable, he got two huge stuffed animals, lots of toys and crayons to play with, and a big tv with cartoons playing. He was really lethargic by then, and just slept on my lap for the 2 hours we waited in the waiting room. They got the IV in him in about 2 seconds, and after about an hour he started looking and feeling better. He still wasn't keeping anything down though, so they decided to keep him on the fluids all night. I slept in a recliner, Bill slept in a sleeping bag on the floor, and Isaac switched off between sleeping on me and in the crib. Overall, not a night we would want to relive again soon, but if we ever need to go to the hospital again, we are heading straight to Children's. Here are some pictures of him - starting out asleep on our doctor's table (I told you he was lethargic) and right after they put in the IV, and then us entertaining him with the toys in the room, Elmo on Bill's phone, and whatever other props Bill could find in the room.