Our Sweet Baby

Let me start by saying that we are pretty sure there isn't anything major wrong with Carson, however, we are stuck at Children's Hospital for at least one more night, maybe two.

Last night around 8, Carson felt a little warm so I took her temp.  I got the dreaded 100.4, which is considered an emergency for a newborn.  Chris took her temp a few minutes later and it was 100.6.  Ugh, not good.  We waited 10 more minutes and checked it again.  It was 100.1, phew.  I decided to call the nurse anyway, just to be safe.  Once the nurse called us back, she asked questions about Carson's breathing, coloring and eating (I can only assume to rule out a need for an ambulance) and then she said we should go ahead and head the emergency room.  Even though it had dropped, they were still concerned.

We drove, somewhat fast, to the emergency room with our two kiddos in tow thinking that they would check her vitals and we would be on our way.  Boy, were we wrong!

We were quickly taken to a room.  Once in the room, three nurses came in to start checking on our sweet girl.  The doctor came in shortly thereafter and lowered the boom on us.  They would be taking a urine sample, inserting an IV, taking blood and doing a SPINAL TAP on our baby girl.  Yes, you read that right.  I pretty much lost it when he said this.  He also told us that it was standard protocol to admit a newborn automatically for at least 48 hours.  She would be put on antibiotics just in case the cultures came back positive.  

So, we are now 24 hours into our stay.  Our sweet girl has been a rockstar, even after all the poking and prodding.  All the preliminary results are coming back clear, so I am pretty confident that everything is going to be okay.  Oh, how I hope and pray that we get the all clear tomorrow and are able to go home tomorrow evening, no matter how late.  Prayers that our Carson just had a virus and is on the rebound are very much appreciated.