What a weekend....I learned just how much my nerves can take. After my post Saturday Amelia continued to have stomach trouble and run a low grade fever. She had had 12 - 15 dirty diapers by 3:00 that after and they were not showing any signs of slowing down.......so the new paranoid mother I am called the doctor again! And off to the ER we went....again! We did however make it in before the crazy's came out this time.
With this trip Amelia's fever was up and they wanted to run a few test. They collected urine, blood and stool (which at this point was not a problem!!!). They had to put in an IV line and that was the hardest thing I had to watch. The nurse that did this was at least 6'4" and he had a hard time holding her hand still while she screamed!!! By 12:30 AM everything had come back clear. We were sent home with new formula to help her tummy out and to watch her.
Sunday was a good day. Her tummy was doing better and she was perking up. Around 5:00 we got a call from Children's to come back in, the blood culture had come back with a positive. By now we had become pros at this route. Some of the nurses even recognized us and came back in to check on us (that is sad).
After arriving back at Children's Sunday, they re-drew blood (yes, that involved putting an IV in) and discussed what protocol was for a positive blood culture. They also did a lumbar puncture to rule out meningitis. After having all those procedures done, we sat and waited to be admitted. Because they did not know what was causing the positive in the blood culture, they started Amelia on a broad spectrum antibiotic and admitted us to the hospital.
We spent the night in the hospital and she got several rounds of antibiotics. By noon Monday morning results from her latest blood test had come back and they looked good. Someone had goofed and contaminated her sample from Saturday night!!!! They released us and one EXTREMELY tired little girl and her family headed home. She is feeling better and recouping from her long weekend. We went to her pediatrician today to get checked out and things looked good.
When we got home Amelia had a special package in the mail for her upcoming trip.....her retro shades.
Today we tried on her beach gear to make sure it fits....After this past weekend we are all ready for a vacation!!!!
4 comments:
Too cute......
I'm glad that everything is okay now. Love the shades!
I am so sorry that you had to go through all that and I am so glad that Amelia is doing well. I am so sad for the 10th to come and not looking forward to leaving Mary McRae. I love that sweet baby Amelia and we would love to have a play date when you are up for one.
Reading that gave me a sad face. poor thing. I'm glad she's doing better now. I love her shades for real.
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