I Think She is Becoming An IV Addict

She won't drink or eat. This is a new twist in this ever changing tale. I think she wants to go to the hospital and have some IV fluids. That may sound like a weird thing to want but then what has been normal during the past two months. She loves how she feels when her body is fully hydrated and they love to hydrate at the hospital. They love to measure what goes in and what goes out.

Everything tastes bad to her. We have tried almost every kind of bottled water, tap water with ice, and without. I put some fresh squeezed lemon in cold water, no go. Tea, fruit, peppermint, regular. Juices, apple, orange, mixed. Milk, regular and chocolate. For the first time in her life she has been told she can unlimited non-caffeinated pop and she does not even want that. She has been drinking a bit of orange juice but then not enough to keep a gnat hydrated. She has that stubborn steak that she gets from her father and she wants 1500 units of D5 saline and she is bound and determined to get it.

She feels so much better when the fluids are moving. No need to taste, no need to worry about spilling, no worry about drinking at the right time or any given amount. The IV is akin to breathing. They change the bags when they are empty. It is just a cake walk. I wonder if there is a support group for those addicted to IV FLUIDS. I guess I am going to have to address the issue today.