Our little Paigey had to be admitted into the hospital Thursday. Last week she was complaining that her foot hurt her. It was red, swollen, and had two little blisters on it. I took her into the Dr on Saturday and they put her on antibiotics. Things did not improve so I took her back in on Wednesday morning because now she had this huge dark colored blister that had formed behind her toe. Of course my crazy mommy mind started googling some very scary conditions like MRSA and prayed a lot that she didn't have this. The Dr. popped the scary dark blister and sent a culture off to the lab to rule out and I quote, "Those things you were looking up on the computer." Yikes, I was really scared at this point. We were sent home with a new perscription of stronger antibiotics and strict instructions that if she got a fever, chills or if the redness went beyond what it is now (they marked it with a pen) we were to head to the ER.
Wednesday night went well and we even thought the redness had receded a bit by bedtime. When she woke up on Thursday morning, the redness had spread another 2 inches down her foot. Crap, to the ER we went. Bob took the day off and as soon as we got Piper on the bus we were off.
The ER took one look at her and said it looked like she would be staying overnight on IV antibiotics. We were in the ER for 8 hours before we finally got moved up to our room. The hardest part was when she had to get the IV put in. I know I cried just as many tears as she did. She got a wagon ride to x-ray and even got a bear for being so brave. This though is where my heart broke into a million little pieces. The words you never ever want to hear coming from your sweet 5 year old is, "Mommy, I don't want to die." I kept it together, gave her a bug hug and kisses and reassured her it would be okay (and then completely broke down later when she wasn't with me).
The ER wasn't bad though. She had her own little room with a DVD player and every movie you could think of. At one point she fell asleep because she had an allergic reaction to one of the antibiotics and they had to give her benadryl which wiped her out. Bob and I were very bored so we snuck one of the Game Cubes into her room so we had something to do. The nurses got a kick out of seeing a sleeping patient and the parents in the corner of the dark room playing Mario Tennis.
When she got to her room on the 4th floor there was another Teddy Bear awaiting her arrival. We ended up having to stay two nights. She was the best! She was always happy and was great about not getting bored. I got to stay with her in the very uncomfortable little chair that makes into a bed thing, but I would have slept on a bed of nails if I had to.
Paige was so happy to come home on Saturday. She said she wanted to sleep in her own bed where people don't wake you up all night long. They never did pinpoint what exactly she had. They said they covered her for strep, staph, and MRSA. She is on oral antibiotic for 8 more days, and we really hope that it will be cleared up by then. We do not want to go back to the hospital!!
I have to add that things were made a lot easier by the support of our family and friends. We had so many offers for help with Piper or whatever we needed, we felt very loved. Thank you all so much, the phone calls, pictures, baked goods, and visits were all very much appreciated!!
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Dang, that is SO scary. And that's one of those things where you might put off going to the ER for too long - just chalk it up to a whiney kid. Glad you went when you did, and that she's getting better. And that 'don't want to die' comment...what a tearjerk thing to hear your baby say!
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