Madison at the Hospital

After an event filled 4th of July weekend, we drove back from Nebraska Monday morning. Madison had a fever, but we thought it was associated with her teething. However, Madison's fever started getting worse. At home, we measured at 103. So, we went to the hospital Monday afternoon. The ER was packed and we ended up spending almost 6 hours at the hospital. We did some chest X-rays and they gave her a shot. They felt she had some early signs of pneumonia so they gave us some medication and said if the fever gets worse, come back.

Jen stayed home on Tuesday with Madison. Her fever was lower in the morning, but by afternoon, it was up to 104. When I got off work we went back to the ER. They were surprised the medication wasn't working and decided to run some blood tests. The 3 nurses tried the left arm first, than the right and then back to the left. A 4th came into the room and the were able to get blood and her IV going in her right hand. Next we redid the chest Xrays to see if anything changed (which it hadn't). Shortly after that, they came back for more blood. I guess it started to clot, so they tried the left foot and then the right. The right foot was the charm. Shortly after that they told is we'd be spending at least one day at the hospital, probably two. By the time we got to the room, her fever was gone and it was almost 11.

At midnight they gave her a breathing treatment which really opened up the junk in her lungs. From about 1 am to after 2, Madison couldn't stop coughing. At 3 they came to the room to check her temp, breathing and pulse, buy this time Madison slept through it (which was the first time either day she didn't scream at either of those activities). At 4:30 we had to wake up Madison and fix her IV. It started to leak they tried to reset it in her hand. After almost an hour of setting and resetting, they decided to pull the IV. At 6 we did another breathing treatment (this time with less cough) and at 7 Madison had more blood drawn, 3 tries before we had success. The nurses brought Jen and I breakfast and gave Madison some Tylenol for her fever.

Madison has been eating well. In fact, she's back to her old form of saying no to fruits and wanting green beans. She and I took a nap this morning and then Madison had a bath. It does sound like we'll be here at least 48 hours. Mom and Dad are drained, but we can see Madison is feeling better and that is comforting.