We went home then Karli went down for her nap. She wrestled in her sleep and moaned for a 1/2 hour. I went and checked on her and she was burning up. 107 was her temp. I immediately called the doctor while Jason started a luke warm bath to get her temp down. She was super lethargic. Our pediatrician won't let you speak directly to him, you have to speak to a nurse. The nurse said to put her in the bath, if the fever goes down she will be ok. Sure enough it went down to 101. We were so happy! The nurse had informed me to give her tylenol then motrin every 3 hours (Which I later found out was bad advice) but God gave me discernment to only do it every 4 hours.
That night she started eating a little, we were so encouraged. I was holding her and then she threw up everything. I knew she wasn't getting better.
The next day she still wasn't drinking and she was running a high temp again and she would scream and squirm like she was in intense pain. I held her weeping trying to console her but there was nothing I could do. I called the doctor and again I got that nurse and she told me to go to the ER. Thank God I did.
Karli hadn't had a wet diaper in about 7 hours and would cry with no tears. I knew she was dehydrated. Sure enough, when we got to the hospital, they put in an IV in right away and ran 4 different tests, all of which we had to pin her down for (one of the hardest things I have ever had to do). As they were running the tests, I looked over to Jason who had tear stained eyes. Our poor baby was in so much pain and it was taking everything within us to hold it together. The horrible thing is you can't explain to your child what is going on. She would look at me as if to stay "Make it stop mommy." and there was nothing I could do. They put a little cast around Karli's IV so she couldn't pull it out.
Then we waited in a holding room filled with other sick kids. Luckily the Therapy dogs came to visit and made Karli's day. Finally, about 3 hours later we meet with the Dr. again who tells us her white blood cell count was way too high and they are putting her on an antibiotic through the IV. He says due to her condition he would like to admit her to the hospital and have her stay overnight. I must say, I was kind of relieved to hear that they wanted to keep her. I was scared to take her home because I was afraid she would get sick again and I didn't know how much more we could take.
Karli with Daddy in the waiting room, waiting to hear from the Dr.
The next day was filled with more tests. I think by this point I was so exhausted I couldn't hold it in anymore. We went to get an ultrasound of her kidneys and Karli screamed the whole time. I laid next to her stroking her hair and singing "Jesus Loves me" while tears rolled down my face. This poor little girl had been through so much and I just felt so awful for her.
Feeling better having the IV in, in our temporary room until an upstairs room opened
Finally moved into our hospital room. All of the rooms were taken when we first got there
Karli playing in the toy room. She was in heaven!
Thankfully all of the tests came back normal and we were able to leave that night. Karli was able to play with some really cool toys and was able to see the therapy dogs. While there God gave us such a heart for the families who practically live in the hospital with their little ones. We only had to stay 2 days. I pray differently for those families having had a little taste of what they go through. I thank God that Karli seems to be doing well and I pray we wont have to experience this again.
I am so glad sweet Karli is doing better. What a scary situation to be in! Her aunty Lisa loves her very much!
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