Back to TCH!

Well, not excited to writing about our new stay at Texas Children's Hospital!!Yesterday we went to our regular pediatrician appt for hr 2 month shots. Abigail weighs 9 lbs. 2 oz. and 21 in. long. They took her temperature on forehead- 100.6. Bad mother that I am, I hadn't noticed. So not shots for us yesterday. The pedi notified the cardiologist. We were instructed to go to TCH- ER. All because of a low grade temp.

While we spent 8 hours in the ER, we had blood cultures drawn, CBC, chem 7, chest x-ray, EKG, flu test, and to top things off a spinal tap! Her white blood cell count was elevated (23, a sign of infection). Flu test negative, spinal tap negative for meningitis. About 12am last night we were transferred to the cardiology floor to hopefully just stay overnight.

So update from today.... 24 hours has turned into 72 or more hours!! Lucky us!! No fever since she was admitted. Blood cultures initially have come back positive which equals need for IV and antibiotics. They say the sample could possibly be contaminated, so they drew another sample today. We had 5 different tries today for an IV by " the best", " the experts", " the people who never miss".... NONE were successful, surprise!!! So after many discussions, they have decided to give her antibiotic orally. She went for another ultrasound of her blood clot... still waiting to hear any results. So for now thats it. Just hard to be the one to watch her go through this torture all over again. Lets hope this stay is much shorter than the last.

Brother Jackson at home today also with a fever. So maybe we are just dealing with a little virus. Need my kids to be healthy!!

I am planning my return to work on July 5th!! Exciting huh?!?! Any takers on babysitters, need a little baby love, got the baby fever and your husband not willing?? Just going to be working once during the week and one day on the weekend.

I will keep you all updated!!