My Little girl has been very sick since Saturday, almost a whole week now. Which is a week too long! Saturday morning she woke up with a fever of 103 and was in tears most of the morning. I took her to the Edmond ER and that is the last time I'm going there! They talked to me like I was some young mom who knew nothing. The Doctor there told me she just had a fever that was from a virus, to give her fever reducers and that she would be over this in a couple of days. They did no test just looked at her and "knew." Later saturday night her fever reach over 105. I decided to take her to Mercy. They got us right in and actually cared about figuring out why she was so sick. They took a chest x-ray and said is was quesionable pneumonia. We left once here fever was under 101 with an antibiotic. Sunday she didn't show any signs of getting better and by Monday she was miserable and hadn't ate since Friday. I took her to see her doctor and was told it was a virus and continue with her antibiotic and she'd be better in a matter of days. By day 5 I was over it. My child had reach 105 fever again and was miserable. She was crying through the night and nothing I was doing was making it better. By wednesday I decided to go to Children's Hospital looking for a better answer.
Turns out Ella has Pneumonia and it is so bad she has only been breathing out of one lung. Her right lung is inflamed with this sickness pretty bad. She was admitted on wednesday and hooked up to Oxygen, an IV , and other monitoring machines. I was heartbroken to see my baby in pain and to know to she was very sick and all other doctors sent me home feeling like a young mom who was over reacting to a little virus. I admit I broke into tears that afternoon in the ER.
She was crying... I was crying...it was awful.
We finally got into our room wednesday night and the test began.... Today they are still running test and I am still waiting on a doctor to tell me what's going on.
But here is the good news....
Ella is eating now. She is no longer on oxygen or fluids and she is smiling! Hoping to be gone ASAP.
I am so over this! I can't wait to get back to our normal life!
It's been a very long week Ella's Mommy is drained.....
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