Jack is feeling better and better each day. Today he was actually interested in crawling around and playing with his toys He still has runny diapers but they are getting less and less and he's getting plenty of fluids and is eating some so hopefully he'll be back in full action soon. Thank you all so much for your thoughts during this horrible ordeal.

Usually we have such great service at that facility (although we've never been to that ER before) -- I am upset that this happened.

I am also so freaked out about Jack getting sick again. I thought we were sort of 'in the clear' because he remained totally healthy from the time he was discharged from the NICU. Now 20 months later he's in the hospital. Did we just get lucky for those 20 months? Is Jack not as healthy or able to fight off bugs as well as we thought? Would this virus have put any child in the hospital? Part of me wants to go into deep seclusion like we did last year (under doctor's orders), but I don't know what to do. We have a follow up with his pediatrician on the 22nd and I plan on talking to her about my fears. For now I have no problems with staying in and being super diligent about making sure we avoid anyone with a cold or bug. As always hand washing is a rule when you walk in our door so that hasn't changed. I wish I had a scrub sink on my front porch -- HA HA! I know I had someone tell me that they'll never get used to this whole handwashing thing and they even wondered if they'll have to wash their hands till Jack's 18 -- well...maybe!!