Vacation postponed due to projectile vomiting....

We were scheduled to leave for a week long vacation at the baby club med in the Dominican Republic(thank you, Claudia) on Saturday the 7th.  Julia woke Samuel at 0645 and his sheets were doused in vomit and his sleepsack was also wet with vomit.  However, he took his food and when we placed him on the floor he was active and happy crawling all over the place.  So we thought we would take our chances and head to the airport.

We arrived at the airport at 0800 and while standing in line to check-in Samuel vomited all over himself and my jacket.  We went to the airport pharmacy to see if we could purchase medication that would ease his discomfort.  We were told that they did not have anything but that there was an SOS medicin (emergency doctor) on the premises that we could meet with.  We stepped out of the pharmacy and decided to try and call our pediatrician to get his advice. While Julia was making the call Samuel again vomited all over both of us.  At this point we decided to cancel/postpone our vacation.

Luckily the cab service we had taken to the airport was still at the terminal having just picked up his next customer.  Thankfully his customer was an American who was more than amenable to sharing the taxi with us and our ill child.  The customer ended up being a very nice man from Texas who was in country for business.

We are beginning to see very good benefits about where we live.  As we were in the taxi on the way home Julia called the doctor in our building and we made an appointment for 1015.  Even though the doctor is not a pediatrician it is a wonderful benefit to have him in the building. He prescribed medications for diarrhea and gas and both seem to have had a good effect as Samuel has only vomited once since our return.  He offended Julia by asking if Samuel was "always this pale".  I replied that "He is half British."  The doctor understood.  Julia was able to immediately take the prescriptions to the pharmacy across the street and Samuel had his medications less than 30 minutes after his doctor appointment.  Samuel has slept quite a bit but he has been happy and smiling when he has been awake.

Luckily, both our airfare and the club med are fully credited and we are planning on completing the vacation in April.