Sick Little One

Unfortunately I spent yesterday afternoon at the urgent care center with Faith. With really no early symptoms, Faith came down with fever when we got home from the FCCA New Year Celebration event. Well she felt really hot so I decided I would take her temperature since she has never run a fever and I don't have a good "mommy feel thermometer" on her yet. Needless to say when I took her temp with the first thermometer I thought it was broken since it said 105!! That was with an old fashion one, so I went and got a digital one and took it under her arm and it read 104.2 BEFORE you add one?!?!? I have never seen a child run such a high temp and of course with all her weird rashes, I was freaking out.

I threw her in the car and took Shelby to my moms since CJ and the boys were out fishing. We were off to the nearest immediate care doctor. When we arrived they immediately took her back and with their forehead thermometer she registered 104.2 and her heart rate was 185! After lots of tests, a breathing treatment, motrin, and an antibiotic shot, we left with the diagnosis of a urinary tract infection and bronchitis and pneumonia :( Crazy how she was acting just fine and went from 60 to zero in such a short time.

It was quite scary to see her like that as she was completely lethargic by the time we arrived to the doctor. She just layed there and whimpered. She normally fights like a bull when a doctor is working on her. For all of her tests (and they were not fun ones) all she did was lay there and look at me with her pitiful eyes whining softly, so sad.

My sister Sheila came to the Faith rescue at the doctor office and Faith started to perk up alot. Now Sheila would say it was because of her presence, but I am pretty sure it was the shot and the Motrin ;) Anyway by the time we left, we had our old Faith back smiling and playing peek a boo. We go back again today for another shot and hope to get this stuff knocked out soon. My poor little girl seems to get rid of one problem and then just pops up more. We need to get her completely well and feeling better soon. Please put her in your prayers that she gets WELL and gets all the proper treatment her little body needs.