Roxanna's Way: December 2008

The past week has been a long one for us. Poor Lily hasn't been feeling good. It started last Tuesday she was pretty fussy which is really un like her. So I stayed home with her on Wednesday (Christmas Eve) and she was just getting more and more fussy so I took her temp and it was 102, so off to the ER we went. I was pretty upset I felt so bad for her. When we got to MWH they took us right back and thank god my sister in-law Shannon was there so I didn't have to be alone. They took some blood from Lily and her white blood cell count was up so they had to draw spinal fluid to find out what was wrong with her. At this point Tim was there and poor Lily wouldn't eat so she was starting to become dehydrated. They tried to give her an IV but were unable to get one started. I felt so bad for her. By 7 pm we were admitted and they told us we were going to have to stay for a few days to see what the test results were from her spinal fluid. They kept trying to get an IV started but failed every time. They tried 16 different times, 2 time in each hand 2 times in each arm 4 times in her scalp, once in each ankle and once in each foot. Since they still didn't have an IV and she wasn't eating they also put in a feeding tube (this is around 1 or 2 am) they tried to put an IV in to the bone in her leg, this is every painful and they are not able to give her any pain medicine. I had to leave the room for many of these things I just couldn't stand seeing them hurt my baby. The IV in the bone worked for about 5 minutes and then stopped so they had to take it out. At that point they told us there were going to have to send us to a different hospital b/c there was nothing more they could do for her there. Tim and I were upset and we were so tired and just wanted Lily to be ok so we deiced to go to MCV and around 6 am they transported Lily and I in an ambulance. Tim followed in the car. After we got to MCV things really turned around they said that she had an ear infection and it hurt for her to eat. They have her some ear drops to numb her hears and she started eating right away. Tim and I were so relieved after a couple of hours you could see that she was feeling much better. Everyone at MCV was so nice and they really took great care of Lily. It was hard being there on Christmas day but we were just glad that Lily was getting better. We got to go home on Friday. She still isn't her self but she is getting better. We are all hoping that next Christmas is much better. Her are some pictures of our hospital stay.