"The Diet" and Hospitalization

We've had a vicious stomach bug making its way through our family.  Son 1 had it a month ago, I had it breifly early in the week, and it hit Son 2 HARD on Tuesday.  He literally went from being fine to me carrying him into the ER in less than 7 hours.  Keep in mind, he's 10 and weighs 87 lbs, and I carried him across a large parking lot.  I felt pretty buff.  Anyway, he was so dehyrated that he was admitted for a two day stint.  I panicked.  Yes, because my baby was super sick, but also because I thought, "Oh crap, how am I going to deal with his allergies and GFCF diet in the hospital??"  Another fun element is that he has asthma, and just a teeny bit of allergen can tighten his airways and make him blue as a squid.  But it really turned out to be totally fine.  I wrote it all out on his paperwork, and made certain that every nurse that came in knew that I was the only one to give him ANYTHING by mouth, and they were totally on board with that.  The phrase "multiple life-threatening food allergies" has a way of garnering attention, to be sure.  It was easier because really the only thing he ate was four gf crackers brought from home.  IV fluids, pedialyte, and Jello are wonderful things.  :)  So are nurses who can overlook some challenging behaviors and see the child, not the autism.  :D