Mackenzie gave us a little scare this week. She woke up Tuesday morning, 2:30am, with a temperature of 102.7. I quickly got her in the bathtub and brought her temperature down to 101.7 before putting her in the
car seat and rushing to the ER. Because of the time of night and Hunter being fast asleep, I made the drive on my own while Adam stayed at home. I drove with the light on in the car and continually watching her. I tried to keep the speedometer no more than 10 miles over the speed limit, but it was hard. There were many prayers being said during that drive. She slept the whole way. Once we arrived, they immediately gave her Tylenol and began running tests. The toughest part was having to hear her cry while they tried to do a spinal tap. I cringed as they were putting in her IV and took blood. We were admitted and kept a fever most of Tuesday. The good news was that her white blood cell count stayed at a good number during the whole hospital stay. Wednesday morning she had a small temperature at 5, but after she was given Tylenol it did not return. The blood cultures and urine cultures came back negative. Wednesday afternoon she broke out in a rash. She had caught the virus from Hunter that he had while we were in Tennessee. After the rash appeared, my
blood pressure began to return to normal. We were able to go home on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully, that is the last time we will go to the ER with her for a LONG TIME.
Mackenzie gave us a little scare this week. She woke up Tuesday morning, 2:30am, with a temperature of 102.7. I quickly got her in the bathtub and brought her temperature down to 101.7 before putting her in the car seat and rushing to the ER. Because of the time of night and Hunter being fast asleep, I made the drive on my own while Adam stayed at home. I drove with the light on in the car and continually watching her. I tried to keep the speedometer no more than 10 miles over the speed limit, but it was hard. There were many prayers being said during that drive. She slept the whole way. Once we arrived, they immediately gave her Tylenol and began running tests. The toughest part was having to hear her cry while they tried to do a spinal tap. I cringed as they were putting in her IV and took blood. We were admitted and kept a fever most of Tuesday. The good news was that her white blood cell count stayed at a good number during the whole hospital stay. Wednesday morning she had a small temperature at 5, but after she was given Tylenol it did not return. The blood cultures and urine cultures came back negative. Wednesday afternoon she broke out in a rash. She had caught the virus from Hunter that he had while we were in Tennessee. After the rash appeared, my blood pressure began to return to normal. We were able to go home on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully, that is the last time we will go to the ER with her for a LONG TIME. 