A bit of a scare

Sunday night Milli woke up with a high fever and was not acting very well. Monday morning I took her in to get checked out. While at the doctor's office he said I should take her to Primary Children's to have them do a full check-up on her. Milli's fever was not breaking and she was miserable. Her fontanel was a bit more raised than it should be and moving her from one spot to another was just the worst thing I could do to her. Tiffany took Leah and Mylo while I spent a few hours at the hospital. I was a basket case as I drove to the hospital, as I didn't want Milli to be in pain and I was worried as to what could be wrong with her. When we arrived they did some blood work and a urine test as well. The poor thing was balling through most of it and I couldn't bare to watch. The test came back normal if not perfect, so they let us go home with the instruction to come back if her "chenchapure" (temperature, that is how Leah use to say it) got above 100.8. Through out the day Milli was miserable and her fever was constant. Tuesday she was even worse her temperature was still there and getting higher. She wasn't eating well and every time I tried burping her she would wail. It was SO sad, my heart was breaking for her.
When Dave came home I was ready to take her back to the hospital. Dave and Wells gave her and I a blessing and off we went. They admitted us to the ER and they had to do a Lumbar Puncture (LP or Spinal Tap) to see what was going on. It was SO SO sad to see her scream as they did this. The spinal fluid was the only way for her to "tell" us what was wrong. We waited for test and feared for the worst, meningitis. Sure enough when the test came back she had a high white blood cell count which indicated an infection. They told us she had meningitis and that they would have to administer antibiotics just in case it was a bacterial meningitis. We finally got up to our room and had a pretty bad night with her. Now it was a waiting game. We had to wait for the LP cultures to come back to verify whether it was a virus or a bacteria that was causing the infection. Wednesday was day of waiting and continued poking, poor Milli. I finally broke down Wednesday night as I was tired and out of ideas of how to comfort Milli. I was obviously concerned and anxious to get the results. Thursday morning we got the results we had been waiting for, she had a VIRAL meningitis, caused by a summer virus called Enterovirus. We would be able to come home that day and she didn't need to have any more antibiotics. I was thrilled! She really is feeling so much better and is smiling at us. It was a blessing that "Poopy Squast" (aka Tomi) was still here and she was able to watch the kids. Leah and Mylo love Tomi and she did a fabulous job with them... this morning they woke up and wanted to play with her. Tomat, thank you for ALL your help. Thanks to others who put our name in the temple and for the calls and concerns. We are of course so glad to be home but I must say the doctors, nurses and interns at Primary Children's were more than kind, gentle and sincere with us. I am grateful for that as well.