Poor Abs...not the greatest picture I know...but the poor girl has been feeling not so hot...but really...she was super hot....since Monday night. Dan and I woke up to her crying...she was burning up. I wasn't sure where my thermometer was so I didn't take her temp...but I was seriously worried and praying her temp would go down after a bath and some Tylenol. Luckily she cooled down quite a bit and so I didn't feel the need to rush her into the hospital...I'd just wait until the morning and make an appointment with her doctor. Tuesday I call to make an appointment...yes...the lady answered...no appointment because of some meeting they had going on that day. I am so not impressed with Air Force medical....serioulsy...it's the middle of the week, they only have like 2 doctors here as it is....stay later and have your meeting. I so look forward going back to a NAS station with a pediatric clinic that has appointments Monday - Friday...So I decided to wait it out because I don't want to take her to my other option...Lakenheath ER since what they tell me is usually some useless information which isn't worth the hour drive. Every time I go there I can tell they all don't want to be there....they have attitudes and I didn't want her to be prodded for them just to tell me to give her some pain/fever medicine.
Wednesday she's running high 103s...Dan decides to go with me to Lakenheath but half way there...we feel her and she's cooled down. We just decide to go home. They don't know how to do an infant catheter...and Dan and I didn't really feel like being sent home without answers.
Thursday I called and was actually able to make an appointment with her doctor for that day...AMAZING! I took her in at 10:30...her ears were clear...lungs clear...so he wanted to check her urine. I asked if we could do the bag instead of the catheter...he was willing to try that way. So Abs and I hung out until about 2...she peed. Everyone at the clinic..well who knew what was going on cheered. We waited for the lab results....she did in fact have a UTI and so she's on antibiotic...luckily not the pink stuff...my kids never do well on that so the doctor surpassed that and gave her the better stuff that I don't have to give as much and for so long.
She's still be running a temp...she's at least smiling again though so that makes us happy. Poor kiddo...we're still waiting to see what's in the culture they made...she had quite a bit of blood so they are checking it out a little further. Luckily, I've been there...done that...with Madison so I'm not freaking out. I'm also so grateful Dan has been home...he's such a big help and sometimes she just needs her dad as much as she needs her mom. I'm just hoping she's feeling better by Saturday...babysitter is coming over and I really need to watch a comedy!!!
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