Hospital Admission No. 4

Yesterday around 4:30pm, Claire started crying inconsolably and around 6:30 I noticed that she was starting to feel warm, I took her temperature (101.6*) and went hunting for our surgical binder to check our "when to call" list.  Sure enough, fever was on the list. I called and they told me to bring her to the ER and, of course, I was home alone with all three kids ... a few phone calls and some shuffling later, off we went. I was expecting it just to be a precautionary trip, for them to tell us something like "just a little bug" and send us right back on our way BUT .... Claire's white blood cell count was 32 (more than triple what it should be) so we were told pretty quickly that we wouldn't be going home.  

We got settled into our room and Claire's fever continued to rise, all the way to 103.9*F despite having Tylenol on board.  They were unable to get an IV placed but gave it quite the effort :(. At that point, she threw up a couple of times so they had to inject her medicine directly into her muscle and at about 4:30am she finally calmed down and fell asleep after 12 straight hours of crying.

As of this morning, all signs point to a very bad kidney infection. The plan today is for a renal/bladder ultrasound, repeat UA (catheter), and possibly a VCUG. For her to have an infection this young (and this severe) is concerning so they want to take a peak to make sure that everything is emptying and functioning properly.

Thank you for your continued prayers <3. I will update when have more information.

Not very happy in the ER - x-rays, blood draw,
and a urine sample (catheter) make for one
unhappy baby girl. 

Finally asleep now that the sun is coming up <3!