One Sick Baby Girl!

Today has been an extremely hard day for Ella Roo and her mommy and daddy! For two and a half weeks now Ella has been a sick little girl. We have made four visits to the pediatrician in two weeks and have been on two different antibiotics at once as well as two steroids. Today, we made one of the hardest visits that I have ever made to a pediatrician. (and Car was one sick little baby!) Last night Ella had a fever of 102. Her fever stayed at 102 with Tylenol and Motrin in her system. We had an appointment at 8:40 to see the doctor. After completing the "normal" routines of checking the ears, chest, nose, etc. the doctor ordered blood work and a chest x-ray. After waiting for what seemed like forever, the nurse drew blood (for thirty minutes) from Ella's heel. Her little foot didn't seem to want to "bleed"! We waited for some more time, and the nurse returned ready to take Roo to x-rays. Without elaborating too much, that was very painful for Mommy. One of the x-rays didn't take very well, so we had to do it all over again. We made our way back into the examining room to wait some more. The doctor returned to tell me that her x-ray showed something on her right lung, but she wasn't very concerned about it. She said that she has been on the two antibiotics that would treat pneumonia. She then proceeded to tell me that she WAS concerned with Roo's blood counts and was going to send us for more extensive tests. My heart was about to beat out of my chest at the sound of these words as tears filled my eyes. I am notorious for worrying and for automatically thinking the worst. The doctor wouldn't elaborate, but just said she needed further testing. She then ordered a urine test for Ella. After more wait time, a nurse came to lead us to another room for them to catheterize Ella. Once again, not fun for Roo or Mommy! More wait time... The doctor returns to say that the initial results didn't show anything abnormal. She then orders a flu test. Yes, more wait time. The flu test was negative. We are FINALLY able to leave and proceed on another trying journey for us all. We make it to Urgent Care to the lab where Ella is to have her blood drawn. After trying for about twenty minutes, the staff is NOT able to draw blood and orders us to go to the hospital. Ella's veins were too small, and they didn't want to traumatize her anymore than they had to. We traveled to the hospital, and within about fifteen minutes Ella's blood was drawn successfully. We head back to the pediatrician for a shot of Rocephan and to find out results on two of the blood tests. By this time it is 2:00! Yes, we had been at the doctor's office, Urgent Care, and hospital for the entire day! The nurse administers the shot, the doctor visits for a moment, and we still have NO ANSWERS! All we know is that we are to report back to the office located at the hospital tomorrow morning for another visit and shot. The doctor calls about an hour after we got home to tell us the results. The tests are showing VERY high white blood cell counts. The doctor is saying that she has some sort of really bad bacterial infection, but we just don't know where yet. Possibilities include - - - lungs, urinary tract, blood...

Roo is our little angel, and it has been so hard for us to see her this sick!!!! We pray for healing, strength, and wisdom. We are faced with some difficult decisions about childcare in the future. We do not have many options, but are praying for God's guidance.

Thank you to all that have been so supportive today with phone calls, offers, and words of encouragement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!