BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS NO FUN!

In the hospital - UTMB
Going home... she's knocked out..
and I'm not far behind her!


When I graduated from nursing school I worked with newborns - well and sick. I started many IV's, had to draw tons of labs, hold babies for doctors to do lumbar punctures for... and whatever needed to be done to care for a sick baby. The babies cried and I always felt horrible but I knew that I was doing what needed to be done to help treat or diagnos whatever was wrong.



Well being on the other side is no fun! This past week, Elizabeth came down with a fever. Our pediatrician told us from the beginning that if she came down with a fever before her 1st set of shots that she would get the full work up. So when she had a fever I knew what was coming! I was crying before we even left the house!

She was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday and was found to have a UTI!! Of course all I could think was that we failed to change a diaper quick enough and that we had caused this!


We were reassured that we did not cause the infection and that it is actually a common reason that babies are admitted to the hospital at an early age.

We stayed for 2 1/2 days and were able to come home on Friday on oral meds. She is doing well and with the prayers and love of our family and friends I have managed to not go crazy.


I was so exhausted last night that I don't even remember her waking up at 2 AM to eat. I woke up at 3:30 AM with her in my lap in the glider- we were both crashed out so I guess she got enough to eat! She woke up at 7 AM to eat and I called Nina (my mother in law) and asked her
to come over for the day so that I could sleep. She came to the rescue and I slept until 1:30 PM!!



Now if I could figure out how to get her to go to bed before 1:00 AM!



Love to you all and thanks for all the prayers!





Lori and Elizabeth