A trip to Children's

A week ago at this very time we were sitting at Children's waiting and wondering if our little girl was going to have to go into surgery or not. What a difference a week can make!!

Many of you already know, but for those of you who do not, Maci Rose woke up last Wednesday night/Thurs morning at 1:45am screaming and crying and bent over in the fetal position saying that her stomach hurt. She had also been running  a fever between 101 & 102 for 2 days straight prior to this.

 Of course, like most mothers I thought ok I can fix this. I  brought her to the potty and tried to make her go. At that point, she was screaming so hard that she was gagging (which was one of the scariest things I've ever seen from a child). So I took her off the pot and laid down with her in my bed putting pressure on her belly and rubbing her back.

10 mins later she dozed off. Voila! I thought what in the world just happened?? So I moved her back to her bed around 3am to be awoken again 45 mins later to even louder, harder screaming and more gagging and this time she didn't come walking into my room like before, she stayed bent over in her bed and wouldn't move. I tried to pick her up to bring her to the bathroom but she would scream so loud and say "Your hurting me momma", so I decided to call the nurse. When the nurse heard her in the background she immidiately said you need to bring her in, this sounds like appendicitis!

At this point, I had every thought cross my mind, what to wear, what to grab, what to do with Carter, what will comfort her on the ride there, etc.? It's the worst feeling!! But it's part of the job description for being a mother. So I did what I thought I should and we left. I dropped Carter off at my parents on the way. And my mom met us out at the car where she saw and heard Maci Rose from her front porch! I'm telling ya.....it was the worst screaming ever!!

When we walked into Children's and they heard and saw Maci Rose they immediately put us back in a room. And for all of you who have waited for hours in the waiting room, you can probably know how I scared I was that we went straight to a room!!

They ran tons of tests on my baby girl. 2 x-rays, blood work, ultrasound, and put her in a hospital gown with an IV in her hand, and a catheter. She was one sick looking child.

 I was trying so hard to fight back my tears, and I almost lost it once. It was so hard. When you've been awake since 1:45am and you're sleep deprived and you have one of your babies away from you and another one in front of you in pain and in a hospital gown, it's not easy!!

Thank the Lord Almighty for watching over her and protecting her when I couldn't do anything!!! He is so good & all you have in situations like this!!

Everything came back normal, we found out that she was severely constipated, her white blood cell count was a little elevated, and her lymphnodes in her stomach were swollen showing that her body was fighting some type of infection (hence the fever she had for 2 days prior). They gave her an enema and a few hours after she went she was so much better! We finally left the hospital around noon on Thursday.

I know most of you are probably saying what my husband was saying at that point, "She just had a $200 poop???" Yes, I guess if you want to put it that way!

Now she is taking Metamucil and fiber gummies to avoid these issues again.

But seriously, the screaming was so intense that I woke up twice the next night thinking I was hearing it again.

Now she is back to her normal hyper self. I'm so glad my baby is ok!!