Hospital Visit

Sam and I spent 8 hours yesterday at Seattle Children's ER. She's had a mid-grade fever since Wed. and starting Thursday night, she couldn't stand up. She couldn't even sit up by herself. It was very scary to see her trying to do stuff and just not be strong enough. I called her mitochondrial specialist early Friday to see if it was normal for mito kids to get this way with a fever. They said to get her to the ER. She doesn't have the swine flu (which is lucky since my best friend has a kid in the hospital with the swine flu...) just a cold. She just doesn't have the energy to fight off a fever and run the rest of her body at the same time. She was quite dehydrated and so they gave her an IV (horrible ordeal. Bad circulation + dehydration = 3 tries and a year off of my life) and gave her a bunch of fluid. She started perking up a little after the fluid and they also gave her a super-vitamin IV bolus that is supposed to help her get her energy and strength back more quickly. I'm exhausted. She's exhausted. But we didn't have to be admitted. Great thing to sleep at home. Now we just force fluids on her and try to keep her fever down as much as possible. She is able to walk (clumsily) today and it is good to see her back on her feet. What a trooper.