Day 449 - Ava has Rotavirus

Breaking news - Ava has Rotavirus, more details later. They finally found it in her stool.

So this could be the reason for her pains, spitting up, vomiting etc. but it usually only last up to 8 days of diarrhea and I just read that it can have vomiting before which is what she started doing right on Wednesday after we got home. I really hope this is why she dropped her heart rate. Anthony looked back on day Sunday, February 13th of this year and we found the following:
"We got a phone call at 1:30 am saying that Ava had to be resuscitated with chest compressions. This is the second time her heart rate dropped, but this time she had no pulse. Her heart rate and O2 saturations went to 0, so technically she was dead. Thankfully she was able to come up after chest compressions and being bagged. She popped off the vent and must have been crying. The nurse came over, not sure how long, and saw that her O2 saturations weren't registering on the monitor so she gave her an extra 100% of O2. The monitor showed 80s but then it decreased down to nothing while she was being bagged."

So just a couple of months ago the same thing happened in the hospital. It may not have been her being of the vent too long. It could just be that Ava being sick really messes up her body. I really hope that is the case and not us doing something wrong. But why did it just happen at home? The same reason it just so happened that one night in the hospital? Crazy... I wish she would just be healed.

I also found that out when a baby has Rotavirus they can also become lactose intolerant. See below:
"The symptoms of rotavirus infection include vomiting, diarrhea (frequent watery stools), and fever. This type of viral infection commonly causes damage to the lining of the small intestine. Because this is where the enzyme lactase is located, rotavirus infection often results in lactose intolerance. This type of lactose intolerance is transient or temporary, however, and when the lining of the intestine returns to normal within three to four weeks, the lactose intolerance usually goes away."

Is that why I felt like God was telling me to change the formula to Pediasure or just change the formula? Pediasure has more sugar in it and Peptomen says it's lactose free but says that it has cow's milk and might not be safe for children with allergies. She did seem to be a bit better on it, but it wasn't long enough to know. Some of the staff in the hospital made me feel like I was crazy, and I have been praying for discernment, so maybe God was giving me knowledge... I may never know until I get to heaven, but at least I feel a bit more confident that not everything is exactly how a few people say it is.

I also spoke to the Lung Center doctor who actually spoke to me about the Bacteria overgrowth and probiotics. She had no idea that I spoke to the PICU doctor about it the day earlier. So she is going to put Ava on probiotics. We are still going to look into getting a GI doctor out of Strong, but maybe this means we don't have to be admitted there. Maybe Ava can get out soon if we feel safe? Then we can just make an appointment with the wonderful GI doctor we heard great things about. Otherwise we get whatever GI doctor is on service in Rochester and it may not be the "Great One". ;) Wouldn't it be great if Ava came home for Easter? Pray that it is so...

In other news, Ariana woke up at 5 am vomiting. I took her to the doctor who didn't think it was Rotavirus since she had the shot. She also is only vomiting. Please pray that the rest of us don't get it. Ariana is so sad that her sissy isn't home. I really hope our girls can continue to be strong through this.

Thanking God for finding one answer and praying for continued protection around our family and to get Ava home again...