observations on discomfort

For several hours yesterday evening Lars was in clear pain if he was bent in the middle, but it eased considerably when he was not. Standing on his own feet, being held in a standing grown-up's arms, or straddled over a thigh were often okay, as long as there were lots of movement and music in the mix. But any bending in the middle, weight on his bottom, or lying on his back were decidedly awful. Until he fell asleep & we put him in bed, at which point lying on his back was okay.

The bath was torture. I think we're lucky we live in a single-family house now, or someone would surely have called DSS.

Lower intestine pressure? Alice checked hips, etc., this morning, so it's not that. Andey's mom googled depakote again last night, and we were reminded that the symptoms of pancreatitis and liver dysfunction that can be caused by depakote are similar to his symptoms. Those were ruled out in the hospital, but should we still be paying attention? Is there a gradient scale that we should be monitoring?

Drinking anything is just unacceptable to Lars right now, but sometimes we can sneak bites of watery foods in. Is there a connection with drinking? He is usually a great water drinker.

I got to thinking about how much we miss cheerios, and added some halloween photos to the "more badness" post from earlier this morning.