March Madness

Lindley had her first (and hopefully only!) visit to the ER last night. She had been breathing really rapidly with fever starting on Wednesday of this week. I took her to the doc on Wednesday; he diagnosed her with a sinus infection, said she wasn't wheezing and sent us home. At 4 a.m. the next morning, she was breathing even faster, and I of course was freaking out. So, I talked to the doctor on the phone, who said sometimes kids breath fast because of fever. He told us to give her Tylenol and just watch her. Lanny stayed home with her on Thursday because I had some stuff at work that I couldn't get out of.

After lunch, her fever started to break, and we thought she was getting better. But, then she slept the whole afternoon and kind of stopped being herself. We talked to the doctor on the phone one more time about the breathing and he said if she stops eating or if her fever comes back, then we need to take her in (our doc's office stays open until 9p.m.). Of course, when we hung up the phone, she wouldn't take her next bottle, and her fever was back. So, we took her in to see the doctor that evening. He was concerned about her breathing because the pulse ox test (that measures the amount of oxygen in the blood) was a little low. He was also concerned because her soft spot was sticking up, and he said "it feels a little full..." SO, he sent us to the ER to be tested for MENINGITIS!! I honestly don't even remember what time we got to the ER. She had to have blood work, urine tests, an IV, and a spinal tap. I totally left the room for the spinal tap; I couldn't handle that. It was hard enough watching them put an IV in our poor little girl. She was such a trooper, though, and was even smiling at the nurses. She is such a sweet baby girl...

Anyway, after all that, we found out that she does NOT have meningitis, but she did have 2 bad ear infections and brochialitis. So, the pumped her up with antibiotics and motrin and sent us home. We got home a little after 2 a.m. Needless to say, we are pretty tired today since being up with her since 4 a.m. the previous morning. We take her back this afternoon for a follow up appointment.

Many, many thanks to all of our family and friends who stayed up praying for Lindley. Maybe we will know someday if it was their prayers that kept Lindley from having meningitis. We certainly felt their prayers. We are also so thankful that this happened on a weekend when my aunt and uncle and grandparents happened to be in town if we needed them. Brad drove from Arlington to stay with Ben so Lanny could come to the hospital...Much love to all.