Hotel Phoenix Childrens

We had to check Amelia into the hospital again.  She had been a little cranky for a while and about a week and a half ago, it started to get worse.  We went to see our pediatrician and she (our usual doc was on vacation...I think they should cancel vacations for doctors...but only cancel them for when they are needed!!!) thought Amelia might have Hand Food Mouth.  So, we came home thinking she would be over this virus in the coming week.  She spent the next seven days relegated to the couch.  On Friday night, she took another turn the wrong way.  On Saturday morning Kim and I decided it was time to come in.  She had not been eating or drinking voluntarily and Friday night she was not happy all night.

Checking back into PCH for the first time in 19 months, we were excited it was so long, but sad the streak was over.  Amelia was hooked up to an IV and blood samples were taken.  Sure enough, even with how diligently we tried to get her to drink, she was dehydrated.  Saturday night she continued to whine and moan with little real rest.  Sunday, the docs wanted to get a PICC line in and sent her to the PICC specialists.  She came back and the report was she might have an infection in / or around her bum (they found it trying to get a urine sample for culture tests).  A general surgeon came to look at her and asked for a CT scan to see how deep the infection is.

This evening, the only things we know is she was dehydrated, but we think we have fixed that.  The infection does not appear to be too deep, so we are probably going to have it drained tomorrow.  Her heart function is perfect (did I forget to mention the docs cleared that first thing after admission???)!!!  It looks like we will have at least a few nights back at Hotel Phoenix Childrens.  That is OK, we needed to redeem our frequent stay points soon before they expired!!!

Wesley has been great, and we will have to share how this experience is different visit since Amelia has a sibling this time in the hospital.

Blessings

Brian