Audrey had her first trip to the emergency room yesterday.
After her fever spiked to 104.9, she became stoic and unresponsive for 5 minutes.
Jim and I rushed to the hospital with his lights and sirens signaling and we made our way into the emergency room, where Audrey was assisted by 5 wonderful nurses who made her their first concern.
After a bout of blueness around the lips and eyes, she began to shake and shiver, as she faught off the temperature break.
Her skin became purplish with pink spots and it took 30 minutes to stabilize her and calm her.
Then, we sat through a few attempts at collecting blood ( chubby babies don't have visible veins)which eventually led to a heel stick and finger stick to collect the blood.
Our visit also included a chest xray and a urinalysis.
All forms of illness were ruled out, including rsv, swine flu, etc...
It turns out that Audrey has a viral infection that first displayed itself as pink eye and have coursed though other places in her body: her ears and throat.
She is taking Amoxycillin, and alternating tylenol and motrin, as well as continuing on her pink eye drops.
What a horrifying experience!
We are so blessed that Val came to the hospital to bring us food and then she headed to our house to let out Molli and also grab Tylenol for Audrey.
Even in the craziness, it is easy to find the blessings.
We are contining to monitor Audreys temperature and hope that her nose and chest clears of the congestion.
I am trusting God that she will never have to go back.
