Poor Thing

Well, my mother's intuition was right and Baylor was really sick. We got to spend the night in the hospital. She had a viral infection and a UTI. Her temp topped out at 103.5 when we were checking into our room. They did get an IV in her but both of her veins collapsed when they were trying to draw blood for bloodwork. The cold caused her to have blisters in her mouth and throat and her head was so stopped up she couldn't breath so her oxygen level was 84% and she was starting to turn blue. So after 1 antiboitic shot, 1 breathing treatment, 2 rounds of antiboitics in her IV, an allergy/steroid shot, and 10 days more of antiboitics for home and Liadacane to numb her mouth and throat we are finally home and glad to be here.

This picture was taken right before we were going home, she looks pretty good here. A thousand times better than when we got there. I knew she was starting to feel a little better when a few giggles starting slipping out.

Things I learned-

• Trust your gut
• Just because one doctor says nothing is wrong you can always get a second opinion.
• I can resist the urge to punch someone when they are hurting my child.
• I can hold my child down while resisting the urge to punch someone.
• I can tell someone to stop when they are hurting my child and they have to because of that "because I said so" clause.
• I forgot how tired you get when you sit up and hold a child all night in a hospital bed (haven't done that since the night Brier was born).
• Its pretty hard to entertain a 10 month old in a hospital room that just wants down to explore.
• I really like Dr. Deena as a new pedi here in town.
• I would do just about anything for it to have been me instead of her.