Family Fun Friday

Well, Friday again. This week wasn't so much fun. It started out last Friday by my sweet Lylah Rose getting a fever of 102 degrees. Which for a 4 week old is bad news. Bad. News.

I took her to the insta-care. They wouldn't see her due to age and me suing the pants off them if they got it wrong. Chickens. So my only other resort was the ER.
I guess I didn't really know how serious it was, or was so naive that I thought I would be home in an hour. Okay, it was the ER, so I guess more like three hours.

I was surprised when they took her right back to a bed when there were a lot of other people waiting to be seen, but I thought they just wanted medicine for her fever.

After the doctor examined her, he simply stated that we needed to run a series of tests. By a series of tests, they mean everything. I thought I could handle it. First they needed a IV. So they poked her foot and she started screaming. They could get in because her veins were still so tiny. They ended up poking her in 5 different places. She was screaming so much she was holding her breath and turning blue.

I had to leave. I went outside the room and cried.

I wished that had been the worst of it. They also ordered a spinal tap to rule out spiral meningitis. Remember the small veins? Well that was no exception here. After two different doctors trying, they called in a specialist from the NICU. He was able to get what he needed on the third spinal tap.

I was a mess. Little Lylah Rose was surrounded by a room of hospital staffers, crying hysterically with the bed all bloody from poke after poke. Finally one of the staffers led me to what he called a 'chill out room'.

Chill out room. How quaint.

I have to say that all the staff worked very well and I was completely satisfied with all they did. I understood the need for the spiral taps, if they hadn't done it, and she had it, it could have killed her.

So after four hours of screaming baby tests, The NICU specialist (who was wonderful, by the way) sat and talked with me. He explained some of the results while we still had to wait 24 hours to get the rest. I asked when we could take her home.

He got a funny look on his face like, 'I thought someone told you...' Apologetically he stated that she needed large doses of antibiotics and to be monitored very closely. With that a mandatory 48 hour hospital stay was required.

My poor baby. My comfort was the thought that she would never remember any of this. I, on the other hand, needed heavy sedation. I would never forget how scared I was at the thought of her being so sick.

I snapped these picture just before she was sent home, she looks a whole lot better than she did before.




And in light of severe 48 hour hospital boredom I took a picture of my stress food. I through the Pepsi in and labeled it Migraine food. I was lucky enough to get one of those too! It tasted gross, but I was desperate!


In the end Lylah Rose was diagnosed with Enterovirus. She is doing much better and has not fevered since we left the hospital. She has a rash that covers her body which is common with this virus, and from all the crying she popped some blood vessels in her eyes. So they are slightly bloodshot and red. Other than that, she is still perfect and cute and we are so lucky to have her.

In other news...

Savannah & Rheesah started school. Savannah is in the fourth grade and Rheesah the second. Savannah is going to play in the Orchestra and has picked the Cello as her instrument. They both will still continue on the piano.


Kehlton then got sick. That poor kid does everything like a boy! With force! Including throwing up! I don't have a picture, lets be thankful for that.

Have I ever stated how much I dislike that dog on my pillows!!! Ugh! I am sure Taco Bell needs better Refried Beans. I should sell him to them!

Lylah is finding her eyesight and has looked like this all day today.