We’re at Broken Bow to see the eclipse. I realized there would be a total eclipse in Oklahoma back in 2017, when we went to see the one in Missouri and got cloudy skies. I booked the cabin we’re in back in 2022!
The last total eclipse in Oklahoma was 1918. The next one is 2045, and it will go right through downtown Cherokee, Oklahoma!
Anyway, yesterday we went to see the pediatrician and she didn’t think much of the IV hydration idea. She said that would keep Belinda hydrated for about two hours and cost a lot of money. She tested Belinda while she was there and said she was right on the line between dehydrated and not. After hearing her symptoms, she said Belinda was definitely dehydrated on Thursday. But the work we’ve been doing to get liquids down was helping. The doctor feels it’s mostly the lack of calories, not liquid, that was causing most of the issues.
So yesterday Belinda started with a cup of hot tea. Then she had one of her nutrition shakes. After that she had a juice box and then another nutrition shake. The pediatrician gave us some strawberry lemonade Pedialyte sticks, and Belinda had one of those in a bottle of water. Then I let her try to eat! We got thin crust pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut and cheese breadsticks. I got her a cup of hot water to go with it. She got it stuck twice and had to cough it up, but she said she did get some down. That night she got another nutrition shake down, but it was slow going. So with three of the shakes, the pedialyte, and juice box, she had 1200 calories, and that didn’t even count the pizza!
She felt better today, but it was harder getting the shakes down her with us being on the road. She had one this morning but it made her feel carsick. She also had one of the pedialyte water bottles. She had a sandwich and chips and cookies for lunch and ate dinner with us, but I don’t know how good that went. I need to check with her and see how that went and try to get her to drink another shake.
I’m proud of her for doing her best with this. She hates the shakes.
