Betty's first year--continue (3)
At one month, Betty weighted only 7 lbs., just slightly heavier than when she was born. We didn’t know and couldn’t find out what was the reason? They thought, “little mother, like daughter”, I was a small-framed woman: 5 feet tall and weighted 100 lbs.
When Betty was about three months old, one day, she had diarrhea. She wouldn’t drink anything, not milk nor glucose solution. We rushed her to the emergency clinic (ER) in the Children Hospital for Eastern Ontario, CHEO. This was Betty’s first time at the children hospital; she was to become a regular patient there, and passed away 14 years later in the same hospital!
Betty’s first time at the children hospital’s ER was for her diarrhea. After the doctor examined her, he said that was common for a baby and advised us to change the milk formula. We went home, changed the formula but kept the glucose solution in order to avoid dehydration. After two days, she was fine. She still drank very little and grew up very slowly.
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