So last night was interesting. Mark and I had been dealing with Hadley under the weather both Monday and Tuesday night. Sleepless nights had us both tired. Luckily Grandma BeBe was willing to take her on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Wednesday we had our baby check up (12 weeks already). That was a nerve racking appointment for two very tired parents. Initially the doctor couldn't find a heart rate with the doppler. So as a pregnant, emotional, sleepless pregnant woman the doctor could tell that it was a very bad feeling coming about. So we headed to the ultrasound room. We gotta see our little bundle of joy again- we are so blessed. Everything is going great, but the baby's position is so that the doppler may not always pick it up. So that went well after our intital shock. Then we went to pick Hadley up from Grandma's house. She did well throughout the day until her afternoon nap then woke up a mess. So we packed up and headed home. We tried to feed her dinner and she wasn't interested and we noticed she was pretty warm. So gave her Tylenol and took her temperature to find it was 104.5 degrees. This didn't sit well with Mommy. So we packed up and headed to the ER, yes...the second time in less than thirty days?!?!?! Initially they did a sputum (snot) culture and it came back negative, ruling out flu. Her temp was up to 105...we did a chest x-ray which showed some areas, but not quite enough for the doctor to say it was pnuemonia. Her oxygen level was running at 90%. We proceeded to get an IV and give off a blood sample. Hadley was tolerant but one VERY uphappy girl. The pictures are of her with her IV, just staring at it then proceeding to bang it on anything she could find, even me. So blood work showed her white blood cell count was at 28,000 (normal 5-15,000) so clearly high with some sort of infection. They sent away blood to be cultured which takes 24-36 hours to get a result. So the doctor went ahead to treat her for the pneumonia so give her some coverage. She got an IV antibiotic and was sent home with an antibiotic. What a night. The cafeteria was closed and the vending maching didn't work and Mark and I were delirious. Then Hadley decided to not sleep really last night either, up every hour at minimum. Luckily I was able to take off today and take care of her. Then Aunt Mandie came over and saved the day letting us both take MUCH needed naps. Tonight we had a doctor's appointment where we found out Hadley's temperature was normal (YEY) and her oxygenation was at 100%!
THANK GOODNESS. She is still fussy and still a mess, but we are SO hopeful she is getting better. Thanks for everyones thoughts and prayers, she is taking it like a champion, bless her heart. Plus with Grandpa Goins spoiling her tonight and Grandma Elling coming in town to let us sleep tonight and take her tomorrow, we are so overly blessed. Here's to hoping she will be feeling better and can get out and enjoy the BEAUTIFUL weather we are having!!
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