The past three days were tough for us; they also set the record for the worst diarrhea Logan ever had and the most diapers we have changed.  It all started with an explosive diarrhea that Logan had as he woke up on Saturday morning; it leaked through his diaper onto his pajama and onto his bed.  Since then, it happened every one to three hours the entire day and night.  Fortunately, Logan did not have any fever or vomiting, just a bit lethargic from all those outputs.  It was sad to see the expression on Logan’s face when he had another one of those bouts of diarrhea.  He normally hates changing diapers, but on the first day, he would actually tell us to “change” and would indicate “hurt” when he was being wiped.  His appetite was poor and we just encouraged the BRAT diet.  He did not like Pedialyte, so we could only keep offering water to him.  Logan was still his playful self, however, not knowing exactly the cause of his conditions, we had to cancel his playdate with our neighbor’s kid.  Logan was so disappointed when he was told we could not walk across the street to play; every now and then he would still peek over there to see what his friend was doing.

     The second day diarrhea continued, it was less frequent but it happened more in clusters instead, he would have 3-4 bouts in 30 minutes then none for a few hours.  By the third day, Monday, the diarrhea was still happening, but finally much less.  We decided to keep Logan at home instead.  Stuart had to work on that day; fortunately, he was able to find a bit of time here and there to play with Logan periodically throughout the day.

     We were so relieved that Logan could finally return to daycare today.  We still had not heard of any recent illness from school or from any of our visitors.  We are just thankful that the madness is over and the diaper genie can go back to it’s normal usage.

PS.  We have decided to include no picture with this post.