Whoo, Hoo, Baby

Well, I learned something new this week. Scarlet fever is a strep throat gone too long without medication. All this time I thought scarlet fever was a completely different illness...

On to our week:
Monday 3/19
Aaron went to school, but I picked him up early, I didn't let him stay through lunch. He was feeling better, but I didn't want to wear him out. In the evening, at Aaron's school, was Dad's Night. So Myles and Aaron went, and had a blast. They had snacks and made a kite. I'll update the post with pictures, once I get them downloaded. Very cute!

Tuesday 3/20
Emma wasn't feeling so hot, and she was still getting a fever at night, hence not sleeping too well, so we skipped swimming.

Wednesday 3/21
Emma was up again all night with a very high fever again. So, I called the pediatrician and took her in right after I took Aaron to school. Since today was day 5 of the high fever every night (usually a fever of 102*-104*), the doctor wanted a urine sample and blood work. She wouldn't pee, so I took the sample cup home. He did tell me she had a double ear infection and probably strep, although he didn't culture her. When she finally did pee, for the first time that day, around 1pm, I got Aaron from school at 2:30, took the sample in and got the blood work done at the clinic. That was horrible. She was so dehydrated, that it took them 45 minutes to find a vein. When they got the needle in, the vein collapsed. So, they had to go to the other arm, since they hadn't gotten enough blood. The doctor called me back and told me to take Emma to the hospital because he was so dehydrated, she needed an IV to get her a jump start. So.....I meet up with Myles and transfer Aaron to him, and take Emma to the local ER. It is 6:30pm when we check in. We got a room right away and they wanted a urine sample. Okey dokey, got one. Then they told me they wouldn't giver her an IV because she wasn't vomiting. They did, however tell me that there were keytones in her urine, meaning she was dehydrated. DUH!! That's why we were there. So after 4 hours of arguing and a dose of tylenol and 4 oz of pedilyte, we left. What a complete waste of time!!!! So she finally got to bed a little later than 10:30pm

Thursday 2/22
The pediatrician called in the morning and I relayed what had happened. He was irate. Which made me feel better, to know that we were mistreated, and that I hadn't blown it out of proportion. He said to push the fluids, and that he would call back around 5pm, and that if she hadn't gone pee 3 times by then, it would be off to the hospital that our doctors office is affiliated with. Luckily, she had, so we were good. Thank goodness she likes blue Gatorade! We also got her started on antibiotic to clear out her infections.

Friday 3/23
4 doses of antibiotics later and a lot of Gatorade, and she's a new girl!! She looks and feels a lot better. Although, she is sleeping a lot! But the doctor called again this morning, and said that is to be expected, her little body is doing a lot of fighting right now. So, we will head off to bed early tonight and take it easy this weekend.