Children and Valium

After the festival of colors

So I pulled an all nighter with my son last night as he was experiencing so much dizziness that he was nauseous.  Finally at about 4am we took him to the ER to see if we could get him some help.  The dizziness started when he went to Get Air (a trampoline sports complex with foam pits and wall to wall trampolines).  Throughout the evening the dizziness just got worse until he couldn't move his head really at all without being sick. 

At the ER, where we spent 3 LONG hours (I hate ER's, but it was the only option), they checked him over and drew blood for testing.  Then they started an IV to make sure he didn't get dehydrated.  They also gave him some medication, one of which was valium.  Not too long after he thought it was quite funny that his arm was cold as the fluid went through his veins.  Then he thought it was funny when the automatic blood pressure cuff tightened on his arm.  (He says that's his favorite part of going to the doctor)  It was really quite humorous because Jared doesn't really laugh giddily like that. It made me think of Ashley and the two times when she had to take valium before surgery.  First time she walked right into a wall.  The next time she started laughing hysterically because she couldn't figure out how to get her shoes on.  I am thinking they shouldn't take valium very often-either one of them!

We have been home since 7am and Jared is still sleeping.  Hopefully he can sleep some of this off, and hopefully it doesn't last too long.