Madalyn

I know some of you may already know, but many probably do not know, that Madalyn has been ill. She is doing better now.

Wednesday, Oct.14 we had to take her to the emergency room because she had a fever of 103.9, while on both tylenol and motrin. She ended up with Croup and Bronchiolitis. Friday, she seemed to have been doing a lot better, then Sat. she woke up with a temp. of 102.3 and complaining of an earache. I figured just an ear infection, we would control with tylenol and motrin until monday when we could got to the doctor. Which we tried. By Sunday night her temp was back to 103.6. But we managed it enough to get her to the doctor on Monday. Of course, the doctor was almost certain it was the flu, so Madalyn and I waited in the Dr. office until they got her flu swab results and her bloodwork results back. The good news was it wasn't the flu, the bad news is that after having the viral infection on wed. and thurs. the prior week she had gotten an ear infection caused by a bacteria. Her immune system was so wore down from fighting the viral infection it couldn't manage the bacterial one so soon after which caused it to attack her bloodstream. So, they admitted her to the hospital and gave her IV antibiotics and lots of fluids. But was not able to come home until her labs were getting better and she was drinking enough fluids. So, we were there until today. But have to keep her away from a lot of people until her immune system has a little time to recover. The doctor said about a week. So that is what has been going on here. She is on the mend and doing much better. You can tell, because today she started to not listen and be a little more defiant.